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http://www.citypages.com/news/minneapol ... ab0939b88a


Minneapolis City Council members consider disbanding the police
Thursday, June 4, 2020 by Hannah Jones in News



https://bangordailynews.com/2020/06/04/ ... inorities/

Maine police say they want to end racism in policing but have opposed efforts to track their treatment of minorities
Gathering that information would be a first step for state leaders to know how extensive bias is in Maine policing. Read More




https://www.madcowprod.com/2020/06/04/a ... -proposal/



A MODEST PROPOSAL
By Daniel Hopsicker -
June 4, 2020





Movement to defund police gains 'unprecedented' support across US
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... yd-budgets






https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/p ... e-1007254/

A Practical Guide to Defunding the Police
Activists are demanding cities ‘defund the police.’ Here’s what they mean






Thursday, June 4
Trump’s Antifa Boogeyman
Chip Gibbons, Defending Rights & Dissent
William Barr's Vast, Nameless Army Is Being Brought To Bear On D.C. Protesters
Ryan J. Reilly & Tara Golshan, HuffPost
Attorney General Steps Up Federal Law Enforcement Response To Protests
Ryan Lucas, NPR
The Pandemic Is a Threat. The President Is Worse.
Gregg Gonsalves, The Nation
Minneapolis City Council members consider disbanding the police
Hannah Jones, City Pages

Wednesday, June 3
Donald Trump’s “Antifa” Hysteria Is Absurd. But It’s Also Very Dangerous.
Chip Gibbons, Jacobin
The DEA Has Just Been Authorized to Conduct Surveillance on Protesters
Jason Leopold & Anthony Cormier, Buzzfeed News
A Short History of U.S. Law Enforcement Infiltrating Protests
Ryan Grim & Jon Schwarz, The Intercept
The FBI Finds ‘No Intel Indicating Antifa Involvement’ in Sunday’s Violence
Ken Klippenstein, The Nation
Who caused violent unrest? Detroit police, lawyers say
Violet Ikonomova, Deadline Detroit

Tuesday, June 2
Defending Rights & Dissent Condemns Nationwide Violence Against Anti-Police Brutality Protests
Defending Rights & Dissent
Killology, BulletProof, and Warrior Policing
Suraj K Sazawal, Defending Rights & Dissent
Maybe We Should Stop Giving the Minneapolis Police Military Equipment | The American Conservative
Matt Purple, The American Conservative
Protesters Dispersed With Tear Gas So Trump Could Pose at Church
Katie Rogers, New York Times
Curfew lifts: Dozens of DC protesters who took refuge in residents' homes to avoid police arrests near Logan Circle safely leave
Nick Boykin, Ariane Datil & Saliqa Khan, WUSA9
Monday, June 1
As Police Attack Protesters In Minneapolis, Speculations About “Outsiders” Draw On Fraught History
Mara Hvistendahl, The Intercept
Protests, confrontations continue near White House
David Cohen, POLITICO
Customs and Border Protection Is Flying a Predator Drone Over Minneapolis
Jason Koebler, Joseph Cox, & Jordan Pearson, Vice News
NYC Transit Union Backs Bus Drivers Who Refuse To Transport Protesters For NYPD
Hilary Hanson, Huffpost
Amid Minneapolis Uprising, Anti-War Veterans Call On National Guard to Stand Down
Sarah Lazare, In These Times

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A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

That, folks, is the ultimate in personal responsibility: being responsible for your own safety and that of your family and your neighbors. It's not that we don't need police, but when the police are not available for ANY reason, our security becomes our own responsibility.

Be prepared and be careful.

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Brooklyn Sociology Professor Alex Vitale Is doing some
good work around policing.

The End of Policing Hardcover –
by Alex S. Vitale (Author)

How the police endanger us and why we need to find an alternative
Recent years have seen an explosion of protest against police brutality and repression—most dramatically in Ferguson, Missouri, where longheld grievances erupted in violent demonstrations following the police killing of Michael Brown. Among activists, journalists, and politicians, the conversation about how to respond and improve policing has focused on accountability, diversity, training, and community relations. Unfortunately, these reforms will not produce results, either alone or in combination. The core of the problem must be addressed: the nature of modern policing itself. “Broken windows” practices, the militarization of law enforcement, and the dramatic expansion of the police’s role over the last forty years have created a mandate for officers that must be rolled back.

This book attempts to spark public discussion by revealing the tainted origins of modern policing as a tool of social control. It shows how the expansion of police authority is inconsistent with community empowerment, social justice—even public safety. Drawing on groundbreaking research from across the world, and covering virtually every area in the increasingly broad range of police work, Alex Vitale demonstrates how law enforcement has come to exacerbate the very problems it is supposed to solve.

In other newes….

The Plot to Kill Martin Luther King Jr
Author
attorney William Pepper

King Was Still Alive

In one of the shocking bits of information revealed in his 2017 book, Pepper says King actually survived the shot and was still alive when he arrived at St. Joseph’s Hospital and that he was killed by a doctor.

The hospital story was told to Pepper by a man names Johnton Shelby, whose mother, Lula Mae Shelby, had been a surgical aide at St. Joseph’s that night. Shelby told Pepper the story of how his mother came home the morning after the shooting and shared this story with the family:

She described Chief of surgery Dr. Breen Bland entering the emergency room with two men in suits. Seeing doctors working on King, Bland commanded, “Stop working on the [N-word] and let him die! Now all of you get out of here, right now. Everybody get out.”

Johnton Shelby says his mother described hearing the sound of the three men sucking up saliva into their mouths and then spitting. Lula Mae said she looked back over her shoulder as she was leaving the room and saw that the breathing tube had been removed from King and that Bland was holding a pillow over his head.

Ron Adkins helped confirm this story. Ron, who was 16 at the time of the murder, remembered hearing Breen Bland say to his father, “If he’s not killed by the shot, just make sure he gets to St. Joseph Hospital, and we’ll make sure he doesn’t leave

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Defend Black Lives - Defund Police Terror!
You don't need this newsletter to tell you about the massive outpouring of Black-led outrage, grieving and resistance in response to the racist police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, against the backdrop of the terrible racist disparities in infections and deaths from COVID-19. Starting in Minneapolis and spreading swiftly to Los Angeles -- ground zero for racist police killings with impunity in the US despite decades of so-called reforms -- people took to the streets in disruptive and angry protests, and were met with renewed brutality and repression, teargas, rubber bullets and mass arrests. Over 3000 arrests for failure to disperse and curfew violations were made by the LAPD alone, not even counting separate arrests by the LA Sheriffs Dept and local cops in Santa Monica, Long Beach and elsewhere.

Some people were apparently more concerned about so-called "vandalism" and property destruction than about the taking of lives by the police. Civil unrest on this order of magnitude, particularly when met with provocative state violence as the peaceful protests have been, almost always results in some "vandalism" and "looting" (a racially charged word -- remember the differences in how Black and white people expropriating what they needed in New Orleans after Katrina were treated and referred to).

But polls show that 54% of the US public believes that the burning down of the Minneapolis police precinct was a valid response to the situation. Property destruction is not the same as state violence; whereas property protection is always undergirded by state violence. People who vandalized or even burned police cars, the people who painted George Floyd's face and Black Lives Matter slogans on the statue of Robert E. Lee in Richmond VA, are heroic and exemplary to my way of thinking; their actions are righteous. Same goes for the people who lobbed tear gas cannisters back at the police. Did you see the gif of the Somali woman in a hijab doing exactly that in Minneapolis? Inspiring.

Here's a map of how widespread the protests have been and are continuing to be.


https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/graph ... 310149002/

The map above also highlights in orange (appropriately) the 23 states where the National Guard has been called out.
But this has proven to be a problem in itself for the rulers - in Los Angeles, Guard troops took a knee with protesters in Hollywood when they were supposed to blocking further passage, and the marchers moved on to continue protesting.
The most significant aspect is that these massive, multi-racial, international, diverse, militant demonstrations have been Black-led, with millions of people moved to conscious anti-racist action and rejection of institutionalized and internalized racism and anti-Blackness. Learn more here about how that movement is building: https://m4bl.org/
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Actor Kendrick Sampson videos LAPD attacking him with so-called "less-lethal" rubber bullets:

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CA0_qStBtP ... e=ig_embed

If you have been arrested at a demonstration or for curfew violation in Los Angeles, here the form to fill out for assistance with the National Lawyers Guild:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIp ... Q/viewform

LA's liberal political establishment, cop-lovers all, has totally exposed itself in this moment. Thousand of people turned out to the #JackieLaceyMustGo vigil, back live at the Hall of Injustice, 211 W, Temple St, corner Spring, after 2 months in Instagram Live. Demand that members of the county Board of Supervisors rescind their endorsement of Lacey for re-election in November (she was denied election in the March primary and forced into a run-off in the fall through concerted opposition by families of people killed by law enforcement with impunity in LA County under her tenure as DA). And watch this expose of Mayor Garcetti and Chief of Police Moore-of-the-same:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dymj5To ... gs=pl%2Cwn

70,000 people watched a livestream on YouTube offered by KTLA of the first Police Commission (#LAPCFails) since the uprising, as hundreds of people spoke out to #FirePoliceChiefMoore and to #DefundThePolice. In response, Garcetti proposed to cut about $100 million from the LAPD budget to transfer to unspecified community programs in the Black community.

Here's my letter in response as printed in the LA Times:

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2 ... t-protests

To the editor: Imagine how large the LAPD’s budget is if it can cut out $100 million without making too much of a dent. That’s only about 5% of its $1.86-billion 54% share of the city budget. (And the LAPD get other money besides, in federal grants, civil forfeitures, and from its contract with Metro to police the trains.)

The city’s offer of cuts should meet police abolitionists halfway on defunding the LAPD, still one of the deadliest police departments in the U.S. For starters, chop the budget in half (that would still be almost $1 billion wasted on policing).

Start cutting at the top — Chief Michel Moore must go. Sell the damaged police vehicles for scrap and don’t replace them. Shut down the predatory policing programs that criminalize poor black people for who they are.

Deal with social and economic problems such as homelessness with social workers and housing, not cops. Get police out of the schools and off the buses and trains, and put money into a reeducation program that finds them some meaningful and socially useful work to do. Fund community peacemakers.

Michael Novick, Los Angeles

UPRISING DETAINEE SUPPORT RESOURCES

From the Alliance for Global Justice:

Follow these links to contribute to pay bail bonds for those arrested in demonstrations:
Action Bail Fund (NYC) https://afgj.salsalabs.org/actionbailfund/index.html
Bukit Bail Fund of Pittsburgh (PA) https://www.bukitbailfund.org/donate
Colorado Freedom Fund https://fundly.com/coloradofreedom
Louisville (KY) Bail Fund https://afgj.salsalabs.org/louisvillebailfund

Report those who are jailed during the uprising and not being released
While we cannot list all who have been arrested or jailed for short periods, we want to be able to include on our US Political Prisoner list those who are being held with no imminent release in sight, who are facing serious charges related to the uprising, and how people can support their cases. Send reports to [email protected]

Click here to download this well-researched information guide developed by our intern Natalia Schuurman that will help any who want to understand better the scope of the uprising and the repression against it.
RACIAL DISPARITIES IN COVID EXPOSE INSTITUTIONAL RACISM
Resistance to racist police murders with impunity is inextricable from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and its disproportionate impact on Black, Brown and indigenous people. Even apart from the threat of police violence and the use of National Guard and even US military forces against them, protesters understood they were risking infection and death by going out into the street and close-quarters public demonstrations. Medical professional underlined that police use of teargas, which was widespread, increased the risk or infection and "super-spreader" events dramatically.

https://www.colorlines.com/articles/how ... est-racism

EXCERPT: A small community of volunteers, currently led by The Atlantic staff writer Alexis Madrigal, launched The COVID Tracking Project in an effort to aggregate and make sense of numerous and confusing data sources. It then partnered with the Antiracist Center to found The COVID Racial Data Tracker. “This outbreak will not affect everyone equally,” says Madrigal. “It is moving through [US] institutional structures and socioeconomic realities. The COVID Racial Data Tracker is really to track racism, not to track race.”

Indeed, predominately Black counties have experienced three times the infection rate and six times the deaths as predominately White counties during the virus’s initial wave, which hit big cities hard. In L.A., for example, Latinx people made up 44% of the population, but 65% of the deaths.

Many states are not reporting infections among Native Americans—whose history already includes being ravaged by infections, such as smallpox and tuberculosis, carried by Europeans. But what we do know looks grim. Though Native Americans make up just 6% of Arizona’s population, they account for 16% of the state’s deaths. In New Mexico, they comprise 11% of the population, but 31% of deaths.

[But though communities of color are facing greater impact, testing resources have gone elsewhere.] In mid-April, an analysis by the New York Post found that 3.8 out of every 100 residents of Staten Island had been tested, as compared to only 2.9 per 100 in the Bronx and 2.5 per 100 in Queens. Staten Island is 75% white; the Bronx and Queens consist primarily of people of color. 22 of the 30 ZIP codes where the greatest numbers of COVID tests were conducted were either Whiter or wealthier than the city as a whole.

Data in depth here: https://covidtracking.com/race

Saving Lives Campaign for US-Cuba-Canada
Medical Cooperation

Danny Glover in Conversation with Jose Ramon Cabañas,
Cuban Ambassador to the US

https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yHr ... McWJwo0aBg

Auspices: Organizing Committee, International Conference for the Normalization of US-Cuba Relations
http://us-cubanormalization.org
Saving Lives Campaign US-CANADA-CUBA Medical Cooperation
http://savinglives.us-cubanormalization.org

Our mailing address is:
Anti-Racist Action L.A./People Against Racist Terror
PO Box 1055
Culver City, CA 90232-1055
https://antiracist.org

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The Murder of George Floyd: The Longest Running Play in America


Submitted by editor on 01 June 2020 - 01:40pm
“The great evil of American slavery was not involuntary servitude, but rather the narrative of racial differences we created to legitimize slavery. Because we never dealt with that evil, I don't think slavery ended in 1865, it just evolved.” - Bryan Stevenson

Think of Derek Chauvin’s knee. The weight of it. The sadistic centuries-deep applied weight of it. Its brutality. Its power. Its ball-bearing-like, skull-like, stone-like shape. How the knee’s deadly utility must have given him such pleasure. How George Floyd’s pleas for life must have sharpened that pleasure. (Why else would he have crushed George’s life so slowly?) How this knee was his, personally, but also the blunt instrument of history, how it did the work his meaty hands could have done - strangling George Floyd. But to strangle George Floyd with his hands, he would have had to look him in the face. See his human face. The knee was a brutal coward’s knee.

What was Derek Chauvin thinking? Or in what part of his brain was he thinking? What reptilian brainstem part? Was he thinking in the same part as was the white sailor on a slave ship who chained Africans in the hold and refused them water as they died? Or the slave breaker, Edward Cove, who savagely beat the teenage Frederick Douglass for demanding the dignity of manhood? Or the grinning white Klan members as they hauled another struggling black man into a poplar tree by his neck, then lit a fire under him, then posed for photos? Was he thinking in the same part as were the mounted police in Selma while charging the peaceful Civil Rights marchers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge? Or the killers of Trayvon Martin, Mike Brown, Tamir Rice, Laquan McDonald, Erik Garner, Breonna Taylor, Sandra Bland, Ahmaud Aubery, etc., etc., etc., etc.

Which is to say Derek Chauvin was not thinking at all. His knee was not thinking. Derek and his knee were playing their part in the same morality play being performed in America for 400 years. He knew his part in the longest running play in our history. No new lines to memorize. Every other day the curtain goes up on this play, staged in another city or town. The line of cops waiting to audition for leading roles stretches like a blue rope around the neck of this country. But who buys the tickets? Who fills the theater? Whose will is being asserted in this tedious, blood-curdling, repetitious, racist drama? What all those white supremacists in our family tree - from Jefferson, Madison and Washington to Donald J. Trump - fail to see is that any greatness in this country belongs to the people of color who have demanded that America live up to its own ideals: Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass, John Brown (not Black, but might as well have been), W.E.B. Du Bois, Paul Robeson, Fannie Lou Hamer, Bob Moses, Claudette Colvin, Rosa Parks, Ella Baker, James Baldwin, Bayard Rustin, John Lewis, Malcolm X, Rev. King, Muhammad Ali, Langston Hughes, Charles Hamilton Houston, Rev. Wiliam Barber. Michelle Alexander, Bryan Stevenson - to name a few. What Derek Chauvin’s knee has failed to learn is that those people not only strove to save the humanity of people of color but the humanity white people, too. Or is that what his knee knows and resents so profoundly?

I, for one, am sick of this play. I want the theater shut down. bulldozed, buried. I’m sick of analyzing the persistence of racism in America. The simple fact of it has eaten my soul. I want every gratuitous murder of a black person answered with a life sentence for the killer. How can we defend the rule of law when the law is a racist murderer? How can we defend democracy when our democracy is a corporate plutocracy holding a noose? It’s not that I can’t breathe. It’s that I’m ashamed to breathe the racist air.

And what was George Floyd thinking? In his fear and pain and suffocation, he may not have been able to think at all. But if he was, it may have been the clarity of one thought that had haunted him for 46 years: finally American racism, like a drone missile, had found him.

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I don't know if anyone here has yet pointed this out but the efforts of the DC Mayor and the left to dismiss the national guard stationed near the whitehouse reeks of coup.

Imagine how the media would spin a coordinated insurgency to remove Donald Trump. Imagine all the smug leftists who would spin this as a harsh lesson in racism despite the fact that Trump has done way more in the positive for the black community than Obama who was waaay in the negative as far as inciting folks to racism.

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https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny ... story.html


Students and teachers join together in Manhattan to call for less policing in schools as sprawling George Floyd protests sweep NYC for second weekend

By WES PARNELL, ELLEN MOYNIHAN and DAVE GOLDINER

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
JUN 06, 2020 | 3:37 PM





https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/ ... story.html

Louisiana police chief announces his own arrest for allegedly pocketing thousands of dollars of seized evidence

By JESSICA SCHLADEBECK

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
JUN 06, 2020 | 12:53 PM



https://www.nydailynews.com/news/nation ... story.html




New Mexico police officer charged with manslaughter after using neck restraint that also killed George Floyd

By JESSICA SCHLADEBECK

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
JUN 06, 2020 | 12:19 PM




https://www.nydailynews.com/news/nation ... story.html


‘Cops,’ ‘Live PD’ episodes scrapped amid George Floyd protests

By JAMI GANZ




https://www.nydailynews.com/news/nation ... story.html


Pope Francis calls El Paso bishop, congratulates him on demonstrating for George Floyd

By TIM BALK

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
JUN 06, 2020 | 2:55 PM






https://www.americanswhotellthetruth.or ... in-america



The Murder of George Floyd: The Longest Running Play in America

Submitted by editor on 01 June 2020 - 01:40pm
“The great evil of American slavery was not involuntary servitude, but rather the narrative of racial differences we created to legitimize slavery. Because we never dealt with that evil, I don't think slavery ended in 1865, it just evolved.” - Bryan Stevenson
Think of Derek Chauvin’s knee. The weight of it. The sadistic centuries-deep applied weight of it. Its brutality. Its power. Its ball-bearing-like, skull-like, stone-like shape. How the knee’s deadly utility must have given him such pleasure. How George Floyd’s pleas for life must have sharpened that pleasure. (Why else would he have crushed George’s life so slowly?) How this knee was his, personally, but also the blunt instrument of history, how it did the work his meaty hands could have done - strangling George Floyd. But to strangle George Floyd with his hands, he would have had to look him in the face. See his human face. The knee was a brutal coward’s knee.
What was Derek Chauvin thinking? Or in what part of his brain was he thinking? What reptilian brainstem part? Was he thinking in the same part as was the white sailor on a slave ship who chained Africans in the hold and refused them water as they died? Or the slave breaker, Edward Cove, who savagely beat the teenage Frederick Douglass for demanding the dignity of manhood? Or the grinning white Klan members as they hauled another struggling black man into a poplar tree by his neck, then lit a fire under him, then posed for photos? Was he thinking in the same part as were the mounted police in Selma while charging the peaceful Civil Rights marchers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge? Or the killers of Trayvon Martin, Mike Brown, Tamir Rice, Laquan McDonald, Erik Garner, Breonna Taylor, Sandra Bland, Ahmaud Aubery, etc., etc., etc., etc.
Which is to say Derek Chauvin was not thinking at all. His knee was not thinking. Derek and his knee were playing their part in the same morality play being performed in America for 400 years. He knew his part in the longest running play in our history. No new lines to memorize. Every other day the curtain goes up on this play, staged in another city or town. The line of cops waiting to audition for leading roles stretches like a blue rope around the neck of this country. But who buys the tickets? Who fills the theater? Whose will is being asserted in this tedious, blood-curdling, repetitious, racist drama? What all those white supremacists in our family tree - from Jefferson, Madison and Washington to Donald J. Trump - fail to see is that any greatness in this country belongs to the people of color who have demanded that America live up to its own ideals: Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass, John Brown (not Black, but might as well have been), W.E.B. Du Bois, Paul Robeson, Fannie Lou Hamer, Bob Moses, Claudette Colvin, Rosa Parks, Ella Baker, James Baldwin, Bayard Rustin, John Lewis, Malcolm X, Rev. King, Muhammad Ali, Langston Hughes, Charles Hamilton Houston, Rev. Wiliam Barber. Michelle Alexander, Bryan Stevenson - to name a few. What Derek Chauvin’s knee has failed to learn is that those people not only strove to save the humanity of people of color but the humanity white people, too. Or is that what his knee knows and resents so profoundly?
I, for one, am sick of this play. I want the theater shut down. bulldozed, buried. I’m sick of analyzing the persistence of racism in America. The simple fact of it has eaten my soul. I want every gratuitous murder of a black person answered with a life sentence for the killer. How can we defend the rule of law when the law is a racist murderer? How can we defend democracy when our democracy is a corporate plutocracy holding a noose? It’s not that I can’t breathe. It’s that I’m ashamed to breathe the racist air.
And what was George Floyd thinking? In his fear and pain and suffocation, he may not have been able to think at all. But if he was, it may have been the clarity of one thought that had haunted him for 46 years: finally American racism, like a drone missile, had found him.





https://www.nydailynews.com/news/nation ... story.html


U.S. approval of police officers plunges by 10% in single week: poll

By TIM BALK

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
JUN 06, 2020 | 9:39 PM


https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/artic ... and-russia


The FBI’s Investigation Into Trump and Russia Now Looks Even Worse
Rod Rosenstein says he was kept in the dark about important parts of the probe.
By Eli Lake
June 3, 2020, 5:00 PM EDT




https://www.richmond.com/news/virginia/ ... c9b3f.html



FBI withholds hundreds of documents from Fairfax in probe of Bijan Ghaisar killing





https://thegrayzone.com/2020/06/05/the- ... gn-policy/


June 5, 2020
FBI launches open attack on ‘foreign’ alternative media outlets challenging US foreign policy


Under FBI orders, Facebook and Google removed American Herald Tribune, an alternative site that publishes US and European writers critical of US foreign policy. The bureau’s justification for the removal was dubious, and it sets a troubling precedent for other critical outlets.





https://www.nydailynews.com/news/nation ... story.html


Pittsburgh mayor joins defense of local black journalist taken off protest coverage

By JOSEPH WILKINSON

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
JUN 06, 2020 | 10:43 PM




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June 7, 2020
Live Updates on George Floyd Protests: Majority of Minneapolis City Council Pledges to Dismantle Police Department
Some cities are starting to to heed calls to “defund the police,” as lawmakers push proposals for greater police accountability. National Guard troops are being sent home from Washington, D.C.





https://www.washingtonpost.com/national ... story.html

Citizen patrols organize across Minneapolis as confidence in the police force plummets

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"Round Up The Green Hats": NYPD Accused Of Deliberately Targeting Legal Observers In Brutal Bronx Mass Arrest
BY JAKE OFFENHARTZ
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Agents Provocateurs Are Still A Real Threat To Our Movements




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Activists Create Public Online Spreadsheet of Police Violence Videos
By DANIEL POLITI
JUNE 06, 20206:08 PM




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The Short, Fraught History of the ‘Thin Blue Line’ American Flag
The controversial version of the U.S. flag has been hailed as a sign of police solidarity and criticized as a symbol of white supremacy.





https://www.thenation.com/article/polit ... fa-online/



How to Be an Antifascist From Your Couch
You don’t have to punch Nazis to fight fascism.
By Talia LavinTwitter
JUNE 5, 2020




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How to Identify Visible (and Invisible) Surveillance at Protests
BY MATTHEW GUARIGLIA
JUNE 4, 2020




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WEB ONLY / FEATURES » JUNE 4, 2020
Tear Gas Is Banned in International Warfare––Why Are Police Using It On U.S. Civilians?
Police say they’re using tear gas to clear crowds, but the chemical agent’s effects can cause long-term physical damage.





https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/8/21284 ... e#comments



IBM will no longer offer, develop, or research facial recognition technology
IBM’s CEO says we should reevaluate selling the technology to law enforcement
By Jay Peters@jaypeters Jun 8, 2020, 8:49pm EDT




https://www.wired.com/story/opinion-the ... 916ab80bf1


JUSTIN SHERMAN IDEAS06.09.2020 09:00 AM
The Protests Prove the Need to Regulate Surveillance Tech
US policymakers too often argue that regulation is about geopolitical competition. But algorithms have perpetuated harm and inequality at home.




https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/20 ... 323851002/


Protest at ICE Detention Center in Adelanto turns violent; cars vandalized, 1 arrested

Jose Quintero, Victorville Daily Press Published 5:23 p.m. PT June 8, 2020




http://ticklethewire.com/2020/06/09/ag- ... -protests/


AG Barr Contradicts Trump’s Explanation for Visiting White House Bunker During Protests




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AMERICAN GENERATION DELIVERS IN THE CLUTCH
By Daniel Hopsicker -
June 8, 2020
One week ago, I watched fascism attempt to rear its ugly head, and I will never forget it.
Tonight I am proud of this generation of Americans, who answered the call of destiny with determination and grit (grit! from millenials!) when that awful video of police homicide hit the airwaves two weeks ago


https://www.americanswhotellthetruth.or ... el-winston



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Business Executive : b. 1951
“I never thought of myself as a whistleblower. But what changed my life at Countrywide Financial Corporation? A two letter word...the word 'No'. I said, 'NO! No more fraud; no more predatory lending; no more insider trading: No, you can't do this, it's against the law. You are breaking the economy. No more!'”

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https://reason.com/2020/06/08/video-sho ... -protests/


GEORGE FLOYD
Video Shows Cops Slashing Tires Across Minneapolis During Protests
A spokesperson for the Minnesota Department of Public Safety says they were scared people would drive too fast.
BILLY BINION | 6.8.2020 5:28 PM



https://theintercept.com/2020/06/09/antifa-fbi-tweet/


HE TWEETED THAT HE WAS THE LEADER OF ANTIFA. THEN THE FBI ASKED HIM TO BE AN INFORMANT.
Ryan Devereaux
June 9 2020, 12:46 p.m.




https://theintercept.com/2020/06/08/pho ... -arrested/


AMID PROTESTS, PHOENIX POLICE SWEPT UP IMMIGRANTS ON MISTAKEN CHARGES. NOW THEY FACE DEPORTATION.
Hannah Critchfield
June 8 2020, 11:42 a.m.




https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/vid ... t-trailer/


Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project – Trailer
* PREVIEW (0:00:30) | IN SURPRISING 
Premiere: 6/15/2020
A fiercely intelligent, radical activist who became a wealthy recluse in her later years, Marion Stokes was dedicated to furthering and protecting the truth — so much so that she recorded American television 24 hours a day for over 30 years. Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project peels back the curtain on her life, through a mix of Stokes’ own archive of recordings and interviews with those who knew her best




https://www.motherjones.com/anti-racism ... -telegram/


Alt-Right Trolls Are Trying to Sabotage Black Lives Matter Chatrooms



https://www.motherjones.com/politics/20 ... rcent-lie/

The White House Says Trump Was Offended by Romney’s 47-Percent Remark. That’s a Lie.
Trump defended the comments in 2012—and echoed them three years later.

DAVID CORN
Washington, DC, Bureau Chief




https://www.motherjones.com/anti-racism ... for-abuse/


A Local Police Organization Offers to Hire Cops Called Out for Abuse

In a now-deleted Facebook post, the Brevard County Fraternal Order of Police offered jobs to those who resigned from the Buffalo PD’s Emergency Response Team, touting lower taxes in Florida and “no spineless leadership, or dumb mayors rambling on at press conferences.” (The offer was also extended to the Atlanta officers who were caught on tape brutalizing two Black college students as they left a protest in late May.)



https://www.nydailynews.com/news/nation ... story.html


Taylor’s death now subject of police investigation involving sexual misconduct claims

By NANCY DILLON

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
JUN 09, 2020 | 2:43 PM

Louisville police say they’re investigating allegations that one of the officers involved in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor previously sexually assaulted two women.





https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politi ... story.html



New York Senate votes to repeal 50-A, making police disciplinary records public

By DENIS SLATTERY

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
JUN 09, 2020 | 3:42 PM





https://www.nydailynews.com/news/nation ... story.html


SEE IT: Black store owner punched by Alabama police after calling 911 on robber

By KATE FELDMAN

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
JUN 09, 2020 | 8:58 AM




https://www.nydailynews.com/news/nation ... story.html


Former ‘Miss Hitler’ beauty pageant contestant was in neo-Nazi terrorist group in UK: cops

By DAVID MATTHEWS

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
JUN 09, 2020 | 4:47 PM




https://bangordailynews.com/browse/news/portland/


Portland
Portland Maine journalist who criticized police on Twitter claims they’re trying to wrongfully arrest him




https://www.rt.com/usa/491344-new-york- ... n-animals/



‘Stop treating us like ANIMALS and THUGS’: NY police union boss EXPLODES on politicians and the press
9 Jun, 2020 21:23 / Updated 40 minutes ago





https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainme ... story.html

‘Cops,’ long-running reality series, axed after 32 seasons

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Bundy group identified as people responsible for triggering
wave of Anarchy sweeping the nation .





In other Fake Newes.....




https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/ ... -shot-dead



Mexico: US teenager shot dead by police in Oaxaca




https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/ ... rned-alive


Outrage as Guatemalan Maya spiritual guide is tortured and burned alive




https://www.foxnews.com/media/ken-starr ... l-bill-fbi


Ken Starr predicts Durham report will show 'very substantial ... bill to pay' for FBI senior leadership




https://www.ctinsider.com/local/ctpost/ ... premribbon


Chief: ‘Possible indecent exposure’ investigation after photos allegedly show Shelton police changing outside
Ethan Fry and Brian Gioiele June 10, 2020 Updated: June 10, 2020 7:10 p.m.




https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny ... story.html



Cop loses 15 vacation days for Brooklyn chokehold, penalty shrouded in 50-a secrecy until revealed 16 months after trial

By ROCCO PARASCANDOLA

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
JUN 10, 2020 | 7:15 P





https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny ... story.html


Family says Bronx teen brutalized at hands of NYPD at Fordham Rd. protest, demands answers

By MICHAEL GARTLAND

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
JUN 10, 2020 | 9:08 PM













https://www.nydailynews.com/photos/ny-g ... llery.html


George Floyd murals around the world






https://www.rt.com/op-ed/491422-i-my-co ... -officers/


‘You won’t need to abolish us – we won’t be around for it’: Why I and many of my colleagues are quitting as US police officers
10 Jun, 2020 15:26 / Updated 22 hours ago





https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/06/10/ ... ntentQuery


Berklee College of Music apologizes for allowing Boston police to use restrooms during protest

By Jeremy C. Fox Globe Correspondent,Updated June 10, 2020, 9:56 p.m





https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/06/11 ... authority/


JUNE 11, 2020
The Beginning of the End for Unearned Authority
by KATHLEEN WALLACE
At last glance it looks like we are up to almost 600 documented episodes of police violence during the George Floyd protests. An attorney and mathematician have compiled a google doc titled “GeorgeFloyd Protest – police brutality videos on Twitter”.
Greg Doucette and mathematician Jason Miller have all the receipts, doing the massively time-consuming work to





https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/06/11 ... ashington/


JUNE 11, 2020
How the Saudis, the Qataris, and the Emiratis Took Washington
by MORGAN PALUMBO – JESSICE DRAPER

It was a bare-knuckle brawl of the first order. It took place in Washington, D.C., and it resulted in a KO. The winners? Lobbyists and the defense industry. The losers? Us. And odds on, you didn’t even know that it happened. Few Americans did, which is why it’s worth telling the story of how Saudi, Emirati, and Qatari money flooded the nation’s capital and, in the process, American policy went down for the count.
The fight began three years ago this month. Sure, the pugilists hadn’t really liked each other that much before then, but what h






https://www.motherjones.com/anti-racism ... defunding/


JUNE 10, 2020
San Francisco’s Police Union Just Made the Case for Defunding the Police





https://theintercept.com/2020/06/11/def ... iden-cops/


AS CALLS TO DEFUND THE POLICE GROW LOUDER, JOE BIDEN WANTS TO GIVE THEM MORE MONEY
Alice Speri
June 11 2020, 1:29 p.m.




https://theintercept.com/2020/06/10/bil ... m-history/


BILL DE BLASIO PROMISED TO CHANGE THE NYPD. HIS COURAGE FAILED HIM, AND US.
Alice Speri
June 10 2020, 10:13 a.m.




https://www.pressherald.com/2020/06/11/ ... last-week/


Portland Maine police say they intercepted armed counterprotesters last week
The disclosure comes after a resident questions why officers were stationed on rooftops during the large protests last week and a police officials says they were stationed there to protect demonstrators.



https://www.pressherald.com/2020/06/10/ ... -its-role/


Obscure Portland Maine police oversight committee queried about its role
Portland's Police Citizen Review Subcommittee hears complaints from the public about last week's Black Lives Matter protests, and says it does not have the authority to hold local police accountable.

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Georgia high school apologizes for racist MLK yearbook photo




NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
JUN 11, 2020 | 7:12 PM





https://www.rt.com/news/491612-france-p ... chokehold/


HomeWorld News

‘No police, no peace’: French cops reject government chokehold ban (VIDEOS)
12 Jun, 2020 11:03




https://www.rt.com/newsline/491618-germ ... ism-study/


Bundestag set to launch study on racism in Germany’s national security forces
12 Jun, 2020 12:55





https://www.rt.com/usa/491588-national- ... @#$-pizza/



National Guard soldiers deployed to DC protests find GLASS SHARDS in pizza
12 Jun, 2020 00:24 / Updated 13 hours ago




https://www.rt.com/uk/491591-courts-fas ... secutions/


British courts to ‘fast-track’ prosecutions for ‘violent’ Black Lives Matter protesters
12 Jun, 2020 02:54 / Updated 8 hours ago






https://bangordailynews.com/2020/06/12/ ... partments/

How rules on police use of force differ across Maine’s 4 biggest departments





http://ticklethewire.com/2020/06/12/for ... companies/

Ex-DEA Spokesman Pleads Guilty to Posing As CIA Operative in Elaborate Fraud Scheme



https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/ ... story.html




Convicted child rapist beaten to death by fellow inmates in Washington state prison

By NELSON OLIVEIRA

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
JUN 12, 2020 | 11:09 AM




https://www.upi.com/Archives/1988/01/06 ... 568443600/

Pedophile FBI agent wants to serve jail time in style




https://www.cbsnews.com/news/derek-chau ... -benefits/


Former officer charged with killing George Floyd could receive over $1 million in pension benefits, even if convicted

BY JASON SILVERSTEIN





https://www.nj.com/news/2020/06/charges ... wsuit.html


Charges of racism resurface in N.J. town as ex-cop files 2nd lawsuit



Friday, June 12
Refusing to be Silenced: Protesting Anti-Protest Laws in the Midst of Global Protests
Quentin Anthony Anderson, Defending Rights & Dissent
After Barr Ordered FBI To “Identify Criminal Organizers,” Activists Were Intimidated At Home And At Work
Chris Brooks, The Intercept
'Grotesque Abuse' of Authority as Trump Declares National Emergency Over ICC Probe of Alleged US War Crimes
Andrea Germanos, Common Dreams
Police broke into, lounged in Rep. Rush’s Washington Park campaign office as looters struck surrounding retailers
Aaron Gettinger, Hyde Park Herald



https://rightsanddissent.org/news/refus ... bd28661d79




https://theintercept.com/2020/06/12/fbi ... bd28661d79


https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/ ... bd28661d79




https://www.hpherald.com/news/local/pol ... bd28661d79

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Head of Chicago police union threatens to kick out anyone kneeling with protesters

By JOSEPH WILKINSON

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
JUN 12, 2020 | 7:53 PM




https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/06/11/ ... endations/


Boston police adopt some ‘8 Can’t Wait’ reforms, pledge other changes
All eight of the items were either already part of department policy or a part of officers’ training, according to a department announcement




https://theintercept.com/2020/06/12/fbi ... tennessee/


AFTER BARR ORDERED FBI TO “IDENTIFY CRIMINAL ORGANIZERS,” ACTIVISTS WERE INTIMIDATED AT HOME AND AT WORK
Chris Brooks
June 12 2020, 6:00 a.m.




https://www.daily-times.com/story/news/ ... 175246001/

FBI sued in wrongful death lawsuit from 2017 Aztec High School shooting

Farmington Daily Times Published 2:35 p.m. MT June 12, 2020


The mother of one of the 2017 Aztec High School shooting victims is suing the federal government, claiming the FBI is negligent in the death of Casey Jordan Marquez and that the agency could have intervened if the agents had done a proper threat assessment of the shooter





https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10. ... 5.12059114



Coming on like Gang Busters
J. Edgar Hoover's FBI and the Battle to Control Radio Portrayals of the Bureau, 1936–1958
Matthew Cecil


Abstract
From 1935 to 1958, J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI battled with producers of radio shows such as Gang Busters and The FBI in Peace and War, objecting to portrayals of the Bureau. FBI officials believed that those and certain other programs undermined the Bureau's authority and legitimacy through story lines emphasizing sensational violence and the thrill of the chase rather than staid logic and scientific detection. Eventually the FBI created and promoted its own radio crime drama in an effort to control its public image, valorize its authority and justify its ongoing cultural and jurisdictional growth. The details of the FBI's efforts to control its image, as revealed by its own meticulously maintained files, offer a cautionary tale of how a government agency, particularly a law enforcement agency, carries an outsized ability to influence news and entertainment portrayals of its work.





https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10. ... 7.12059161

Jackals, Vultures, Scavengers, and Scoundrels
FBI Public Relations and J. Edgar Hoover's Handwritten “Blue Gems”
Matthew Cecil, Jessica Freeman & Jennifer Tiernan
Pages 2-11 | Published online: 19 Mar 2019


Abstract
Any study of FBI public relations is incomplete without a review of Director J. Edgar Hoover's handwritten comments on memoranda, known within the Bureau as “blue gems.” The director ruled the FBI's strictly hierarchical bureaucracy largely through those comments on documents that crossed his desk and then flowed back the bureaucracy carrying his orders. For this study, more than five hundred of Hoover's blue gems on topics related to public relations were reviewed and sorted into categories based on the work of organizational communication scholars Daniel Katz and Robert L. Kahn. Hoover's blue gems provide a window into his minute-to-minute thought process. They are a record of the director's efforts to influence policy on public relations and of his managers' efforts to adhere to Hoover's ideological statements, explanatory notes, and task-specific directives.






https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/ ... f-shocking


Justin Trudeau says video of police punching First Nations chief 'shocking'
PM has ‘serious questions’ about what happened while Indigenous leader’s lawyer files police dashboard video in court





https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... vote-comic


Jailed. Beaten. Yet 1960s activist Fannie Lou Hamer stood up to white supremacy – comic





https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Vachss


Andrew Henry Vachss (born October 19, 1942) is an American crime fiction author, child protection consultant, and attorney exclusively representing children and youths.[1]
Vachss' last name rhymes with "tax".[2]





https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/16/nyre ... ilent.html


A Voice for the Bronx’s Powerless Falls Silent




https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny ... story.html


Off-duty NYPD cop busted in Queens for drunk driving — again

By THOMAS TRACY

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
JUN 13, 2020 | 11:37 AM




https://newsmaven.io/pinacnews/cops-in- ... OPC7SsclCw


Louisiana Deputy Arrested on Child Exploitation Charge






https://www.heraldnet.com/news/everett- ... boyfriend/



Everett ex-cop charged with trying to frame ex’s boyfriend
Jared Corson, a third-generation police officer, is accused of perjury, stalking and official misconduct.






https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/crime ... story.html

She called out a fellow cop for shoving a protester. He complained when she thanked the community.





https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/brow ... &nt=ticker

Hallandale Beach SWAT team resigns en masse

By BROOKE BAITINGER and STEVE SVEKIS

SOUTH FLORIDA SUN SENTINEL |
JUN 13, 2020 | 11:30 AM
| HALLANDALE BEACH




https://news.bloomberglaw.com/business- ... -cop-watch



N.Y. Black Lives Matter Leader’s Law Degree Helps Him ‘Cop Watch’
June 13, 2020, 9:00 AM





https://reason.com/2020/06/12/tom-brady ... tin-amash/

A Cop Shot a 10-Year-Old and Got Qualified Immunity. Tom Brady and 1,400 Other Pro Athletes Want To Fix That.
Citing work from Reason, players and coaches from the NFL, NBA, and MLB are urging Congress to end qualified immunity.





https://www.local10.com/news/local/2020 ... cial-slur/


Police association wants Miami’s top cop replaced, but not everyone agrees
Historically black police organization cites Jorge Colina’s past use of racial slur



https://patch.com/virginia/greateralexa ... r-civilian


Fairfax County Officer Charged After Using Taser On Civilian
A body-worn camera video showed use of force on a man who was having a crisis but didn't appear aggressive.
By Emily Leayman, Patch Staff


Jun 7, 2020 1:03 pm ET

Updated Jun 8, 2020 6:02 pm ET





https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus ... story.html

Genetic mutation seen in coronavirus makes it ‘much more infectious,’ new study suggests

By MURI ASSUNÇÃO

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
JUN 13, 2020 | 11:08 AM




https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny- ... story.html


How police unions got their power: The rise of the PBA and lack of accountability in the NYPD

By MATTHEW VAZ

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
JUN 13, 2020 | 5:00 PM



https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/ ... story.html



Atlanta police chief resigns after cop shoots man dead at Wendy’s drive-thru

By MURI ASSUNÇÃO and TIM BALK

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
JUN 13, 2020 | 6:02 PM

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https://bangordailynews.com/2020/06/15/ ... equipment/


State
Maine police have been armed with nearly $10M worth of military equipment




https://theintercept.com/2020/06/12/min ... y-defense/


ORGANIZERS IN MINNEAPOLIS WEIGH ROLE OF COMMUNITY DEFENSE GROUPS IN A POLICE-FREE FUTURE
Alleen Brown, Mara Hvistendahl



https://theintercept.com/2020/06/12/qua ... yne-jones/


“THIS HAS TO STOP”: COURT REJECTS QUALIFIED IMMUNITY FOR OFFICERS WHO SHOT WAYNE JONES 22 TIMES
Jordan Smith
June 12 2020, 10:50 a.m.




https://theintercept.com/2020/06/13/def ... austerity/


Police Budgets, Austerity, and Tax Cuts for the Rich Are Colliding in Democratic States and Cities
David Segal, Astra Taylor




https://theintercept.com/2020/06/15/mar ... s-freedom/


Maria Ressa’s Libel Conviction Is a Blow to Press Freedom
James Risen
June 15 2020, 8:42 a.m.




https://www.tmz.com/2020/06/14/ny-long- ... er-arrest/


LONG ISLAND, NY COP
BUMPS PROTESTER ON PURPOSE ...
Triggers Violent Arrest

* 6/14/2020 3:45 PM



https://www.ctinsider.com/local/ctpost/ ... o-19551774


76 police-related death probes in CT since 2001. 1 cop charged
By Lisa Backus June 15, 2020 Updated: June 15, 2020 12:12 p.m.




https://www.penbaypilot.com/article/wat ... oot/135004


Since 1990, the Maine Attorney General’s Office has investigated more than 150 police-involved shootings in Maine, and it has never found any of them to be unjustified.  How is this possible?”





https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny ... story.html


NYPD determines sickening of three cops with bleach at Shake Shack was not intentional

By ROCCO PARASCANDOLA and THOMAS TRACY

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
JUN 16, 2020 | 9:00 AM






https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... -americans



Racial terror: 2,000 black Americans were lynched in Reconstruction era, report says
The killings during the 12-year period adds to the 4,400 victims from the post-Reconstruction era of 1877 to 1950, bringing the total number of people lynched to 6,500





https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... n-de-onate



Man shot as New Mexico protesters try to remove Spanish conquistador statue
Man in ‘critical but stable’ condition according to police, after group of armed men clashed with protesters over statue of Juan de Onate





https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... d-violence

'It's not about bad apples': how US police reforms have failed to stop brutality and violence



https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... s-heat-cdc


Deadly heat is killing Americans: A decade of inaction on climate puts lives at risk



https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/ ... e-protests


France reverses ban on use of chokehold after police protests
Officers said their lives could be at risk if they were unable to use the technique for arrests




https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... re-america


A $1.1m hospital bill after surviving the coronavirus? That's America for you





https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/ ... s-patients


Steroid found to help prevent deaths of sickest coronavirus patients
Trial shows dexamethasone responsible for survival of one in eight patients on ventilators




We have a new podcast! Check out our brand new "Still Spying Podcast" hosted by Chip Gibbons today!


when you think of the FBI do you think of a federal law enforcement agency? Or do you think of a secretive domestic intelligence agency that has for over a century continuously spied on dissent?



We invite you to join DRAD Policy Director Chip Gibbons as he hosts our new Still Spying Podcast, which explores the FBI’s continuing First Amendment abuse. In addition to being our policy director, Chip is a noted FBI expert, journalist, and commentator. His writings on the FBI have appeared in The Intercept, Washington Post, and The Nation.


Our podcast builds on our groundbreaking report titled Still Spying on Dissent: The Enduring Problem of FBI First Amendment Abuse, which documented a century of FBI spying and contextualized it in the larger history of the Bureau.

In this new limited series podcast, Chip will be joined in conversation by experts and activists and will explore everything from the failure to reform the FBI, the FBI’s own war on Black dissent, the FBI’s dual role as both law enforcement and intelligence, and how the issue of political surveillance fits into larger discussions about policing.

Our debut episode, “Legacy of Abuse: From The Palmer Raids to Black Identity Extremism,” is available now and features a conversation with Mike German, retired FBI agent, a fellow in the Brennan Center for Justice's Liberty and National Security program, and the author of Disrupt, Discredit, and Divide: How the New FBI Damages Democracy.

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/ ... xpert-says

Covid-19 can damage lungs of victims beyond recognition, expert says
Organs of some who die after over a month in hospital sustain ‘complete disruption’, peers told




Tuesday, June 16
U.S. Protests Bring the Debate Over Surveillance Technology Back to the Forefront
Scott Ikeda, CPO Magazine
Checking Off Stephen Miller’s Wish List
Sasha Abramsky, The Nation
Amazon Ring Must End Its Dangerous Partnerships With Police
Jason Kelley & Matthew Guariglia, Electronic Frontier Foundation
Supreme Court’s Landmark LGBTQ Employment Decision Is Even Bigger Than Marriage Equality
David S. Cohen, Rolling Stone
FBI Reviewing Investigations of Recent Hangings as Third Man Found Dead in Houston
Soo Kim, Newswee

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Man in KKK outfit walks dog, waves to neighbors

By BRIAN NIEMIETZ

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
JUN 16, 2020 | 4:44 PM





https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politi ... story.html


NYPD surveillance program would get increased scrutiny under City Council bill

By MICHAEL GARTLAND

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
JUN 16, 2020 | 4:30 PM


http://ticklethewire.com/2020/06/16/jam ... ld-office/


James A. Dawson Named FBI Special Agent in Charge of Criminal And Cyber Division of Washington Field Office


http://ticklethewire.com/2020/06/16/mat ... ld-office/


Matthew R. Alcoke Named FBI Special Agent in Charge of Counterterrorism Division of Washington Field Office




https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/06/16/our-c ... president/



JUNE 16, 2020 | JONATHAN Z. LARSEN
OUR COUNTERFEIT PRESIDENT
White Collar and White House Crimes Evade Justice




https://theintercept.com/2020/06/16/phi ... publicans/


PHILADELPHIA BUNGLED ITS VOTE COUNT, AND REPUBLICANS TOOK NOTE
Akela Lacy
June 16 2020, 7:19 p.m.




https://theintercept.com/2020/06/16/nyp ... rime-unit/


DISBANDING NOTORIOUS NYPD ANTI-CRIME UNIT IS A “SHELL GAME,” CRITICS SAY
Alice Speri, Ryan Devereaux




https://theintercept.com/2020/06/15/pro ... ner-phone/


PROTESTERS, HERE’S HOW TO SET UP A CHEAP BURNER PHONE
Micah Lee
June 15 2020, 1:06 p.m.




https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/5dz3 ... protesters



Meet The Volunteers Waiting Outside of Jails to Help Arrested Protesters
As nationwide protests continue, jail support has become a crucial lifeline for thousands of people facing arrest and police violence.



https://www.pressherald.com/2020/06/16/ ... rnia-fire/



Utility company confesses to killing 84 people in 2018 California fire
The blaze, ignited by Pacific Gas & Electric's crumbling electrical grid, nearly wiped out the entire town of Paradise.



https://www.pressherald.com/2020/06/16/ ... -facility/



New Jersey aims to grab wind energy leadership with turbine facility
The idea is to create a facility where the turbine blades that are essential to offshore wind farms can be built, then put on ships and sent out to sea for deployment



https://www.pressherald.com/2020/06/13/ ... oes-viral/


Video of 2 men confronting Norway Maine man’s racist signs goes viral
In less than five days, the video had been viewed over 2 million times.





https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus ... story.html


One night in a Florida bar infects 16 customers and 7 employees with coronavirus

By THERESA BRAINE

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
JUN 16, 2020 | 7:10 PM



https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politi ... story.html


Cuomo signs bill mandating N.Y. State Troopers wear body cameras

By DENIS SLATTERY

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
JUN 16, 2020 | 5:30 PM



https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny ... story.html


‘I ripped the s--- off and I used it,’ cop bragged after taking off Brooklyn protester’s mask and pepper-spraying him, bodycam footage shows

By ANNA CHOI and JOHN ANNESE

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
JUN 16, 2020 | 7:11 PM




https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/16/us/georg ... index.html



A Georgia cop pointed a gun at a group of teens. Neighbors stepped in to protect them

By Jamiel Lynch and Nicole Chavez, CNN

Updated 11:56 PM ET, Tue June 16, 2020





https://www.cbsnews.com/news/boy-hides- ... nnecticut/


A 10-year-old boy was shooting hoops in his driveway when a cop car drove by. Video captured him hiding until it passed.


BY CHRISTOPHER BRITO
UPDATED ON: JUNE 16, 2020 / 7:40 PM / CBS NEWS







https://nypost.com/2020/06/16/air-force ... y-officer/


Far-right Air Force sergeant charged with cop killing suspected of gunning down fed
By Craig McCarthy and Ben Feuerherd
June 16, 2020 | 4:25pm




https://nypost.com/2020/06/16/buffalo-a ... wyer-says/


Buffalo activist shoved to ground by police is unable to walk, lawyer says
By Louis Casiano, Fox News
June 16, 2020



https://nypost.com/2020/06/16/man-accus ... candidate/


Man accused of shooting New Mexico protester is ex-city council candidate
By Tamar Lapin
June 16, 2020 | 10:33pm | Updated



https://www.tmz.com/2020/06/16/blm-prot ... test-ohio/


BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTER
PUNCHED IN FRONT OF POLICE ...

Cop Tells Victim to Scram!!!

6/16/2020 2:34 PM PT




https://www.insider.com/garrett-rolfe-a ... rce-2020-6


The Atlanta police officer who shot Rayshard Brooks was reprimanded for using a firearm in 2017



https://nypost.com/2020/06/16/cop-laugh ... kle-video/


Cop laughs after breaking black man’s ankle with flying tackle: video
By Lee Brown
June 16, 2020 |




https://nypost.com/2020/06/15/black-pro ... tastrophe/


Black protester who carried white man to safety tried to avoid ‘catastrophe’
By Yaron Steinbuch
June 15, 2020 |

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https://www.indiewire.com/2020/06/women ... 202238203/


‘Women in Blue’ Review: Female Cop Doc Explores Why Minneapolis Police Should Be Dismantled
Deirdre Fishel's documentary argues that women are invaluable to police forces, but fails to recognize that police forces aren't valuable.




https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/06/17/ ... 300k-year/



Amid defunding debate, Boston police payroll surges. Dozens of officers earn more than $300K a year

By Matt Rocheleau and Dugan Arnett Globe Staff,Updated June 17, 2020, 9:04 p.m.




https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/p ... vie-morale

Some police officers looking to relocate to more cop-friendly departments
Law Enforcement Move helps officers dissatisfied at precincts where they are currently working find new police departments




https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/06/16/ ... lish-them/

Don’t reform police unions. Abolish them
Collective bargaining by police unions rigs the system against ordinary citizens — never more so than when those citizens are abused with impunity by violent or reckless cops.
By Jeff Jacoby Globe Columnist,Updated June 16, 2020, 3:43 p.m.





https://www.syracuse.com/news/2020/06/u ... y-cop.html

Utica mayor will publish discipline record for every city cop





https://newrepublic.com/article/158212/ ... on-complex


Libby Watson/June 17, 2020
The Police Can’t Shake Their Persecution Complex
How much longer will the cops be allowed to tell flamboyant lies about their oppression at the hands of service-sector workers?



https://www.nj.com/monmouth/2020/06/cop ... eport.html


Cop charged with backing police car into parked pickup, then falsifying report
Updated Jun 17, 2020; Posted Jun 17, 2020




https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny ... story.html


Brooklyn cop claims he was punished for not meeting NYPD quotas, refusing to take responsibility for controversial arrest in which he wasn’t involved

By GRAHAM RAYMAN

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
JUN 17, 2020 | 6:33 PM




https://toofab.com/2020/06/17/jacksonvi ... cop-fight/


Off-Duty Cop Pummels Walmart Customer in Front of Wife and Children Over Closing Time Dispute
News

6/17/2020 12:34 PM PT



https://onezero.medium.com/@scarschwartz


Climate Change
A Deadly Mosquito-Borne Illness Is Brewing in the Northeast
EEE kills almost half of its victims, and cases are on the rise


Jun 10 2020



https://onezero.medium.com/scientists-e ... 73918d769d


Scientists Edited Human Embryos in the Lab, and It Was a Disaster
The experiment raises major safety concerns for gene-edited babies



https://www.madcowprod.com/2020/06/17/p ... er-planet/

The Politics of Contraband (from Gangster Planet)
By Daniel Hopsicker -
June 17, 2020


On June 17, 2019, a massive 20-ton cocaine bust went down at the port of Philadelphia aboard a container ship calling at the port.  Today is the one-year anniversary of that drug bust, the second largest in American history, and one of five covered in “Gangster Planet.”
Agents from a multi-agency Federal task force swarmed aboard a two block-long container ship called the MSC GAYANE, the second largest in the world.
The official story of the massive drug seizure—which is simple, but wrong—has the task force stumble onto a massive drug shipment on the container ship as it entered the port of Philadelphia.
However, the story contains more anomalies than a YouTube video about Area 51.  Even worse is that everything about the ‘Big Big Blow Bust’ remains highly classified



https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions ... ce-reform/



The successful closing of youth prisons shows a path to police reform

By Nell Bernstein and Vincent Schiraldi 
June 16, 2020 at 11:28 a.m. CDT  The Washington Post
Nell Bernstein is the author of “Burning Down the House: The End of Juvenile Prison.” Vincent Schiraldi is co-director of the Columbia Justice Lab, former director of the D.C. Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services and former commissioner of the New York City Department of Probation.





https://www.rt.com/news/492170-berlin-p ... -children/


Berlin politicians knowingly sent children to live with PEDOPHILES for decades, new report reveals
17 Jun, 2020 18:41





https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... udi-arabia


John Bolton’s bombshell Trump book: eight of its most stunning claims




https://www.theguardian.com/environment ... rgy-expert


World has six months to avert climate crisis, says energy expert
International Energy Agency chief warns of need to prevent post-lockdown surge in emissions



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How cephalopod cells could take us one step closer to invisibility - podcast
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Watching the mesmerising patterns of squids, octopuses and cuttlefish has been the catalyst for much of Dr Alon Gorodetsky’s recent work, including his attempts to mimic their ability to become transparent. Nicola Davis talks to him about a recent paper where he engineered mammalian cells to share these optic properties - paving the way for exciting potential applications




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Rapping cop suspended after filming transphobic video encouraging violence
The officer also suggests that Hillary Clinton should be hanged for treason.
By
Jon Haworth
June 17, 2020, 8:05 AM




https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ ... t-movement



Good Cops, Bad Cops, and the Self-Fulfilling Prophecy of the Police Protest Movement



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Police Board Recommends New Haven Officer's Firing
A New Haven police officer accused of kicking and punching a handcuffed suspect.
By Chris Rhatigan, Patch Staff

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Jun 17, 2020 12:59 pm ET




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Controversy surrounds photo of Chicago cop kneeling outside police union office
By Tia Ewing
Published 4 hours ago
Chicago Police Departmen



https://www.app.com/story/news/local/co ... 194819001/


NJ attorney general fights bid by Press to get killer ex-cop Seidle’s internal file

Kathleen Hopkins, Asbury Park Press Published 9:20 a.m. ET June 17, 2020 | Upd




https://www.theguardian.com/environment ... tion-in-uk



Climate emission killer: construction begins on world’s biggest liquid air battery

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https://www.click2houston.com/news/loca ... -man-dead/


Federal judge denies FBI agent’s motion to be dismissed from botched 2018 rescue that left man dead




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The unspoken battle: sexual harassment within law enforcement agencies





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Victim’s mom: Battery charge against Fort Lauderdale cop ‘feels light’




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Troopers: Former Scranton cop threatened other members of the department




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Vernon police officer charged with using excessive force with woman under arrest
Isabel Keane
Rockland/Westchester Journal News




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Gurnee cop charged with domestic battery tried to buy ‘murder kit’: prosecutors
Officer Michael Stoner turned himself in Wednesday for a March 3 incident in Winthrop Harbor, officials said.
By Luke Wilusz and David Struett Jul 1, 2020, 1:44pm CDT




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Director Kenny Ortega says he was framed by corrupt cop in the ‘70s
By Nicki Gostin
July 1, 2020




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Drunk cop beats up doctor, attendant at MP hospital




https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-ne ... AOnfL.html


Odisha cop held for raping 13-year-old girl
The 55-year-old inspector, who had been in hiding for over a week, was arrested from a forest in Angul district by a special CID team.
INDIA Updated: Jul 02, 2020 02:33 IST



https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-ne ... p2UmI.html



UP cop masturbates before woman complainant, she records it, files FIR
Police officials said the inspector was accused of touching his private parts intentionally to sexually harass the two women while talking to them in his office chamber.
INDIA Updated: Jul 01, 2020 20:39 IST





https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/n ... -covid-19/

DAILY NEWS
Police Association Accuses Protesters of Giving Cops COVID-19
So here’s a photo gallery of officers not wearing masks at protests
BY KEVIN CURTIN, 1:10PM, WED. JUL. 1, 2020





https://www.hindustantimes.com/chandiga ... JpXhM.html


Departmental inquiry ordered against Chandigarh woman cop booked in ₹5-lakh graft case
Inspector Jaswinder Kaur, who was the Manimajra station house officer, had allegedly demanded the money from a local in lieu of not registering a cheating case against him




https://www.stabroeknews.com/2020/07/01 ... d-charged/


Trinidad: Senior cop charged arrested, charged



https://www.wsj.com/articles/judging-fb ... 1593126695


Judging FBI Conduct
The D.C. Circuit becomes the first court to acknowledge the FBI’s 2016 abuse.





https://www.workers.org/2020/07/49776/

45 years after FBI frame-up, Leonard Peltier must be freed
By Editor posted on July 1, 2020





https://www.nydailynews.com/news/nation ... story.html


Body cameras show Florida cops shooting rubber bullets, laughing at protesters

By DAVID MATTHEWS

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
JUL 01, 2020 AT 7:52 PM





https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus ... story.html


Alabama college students with coronavirus threw parties, bet on who’d get sick next: officials

By JOSEPH WILKINSON

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
JUL 01, 2020 AT 8:56 PM

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Video shows Yakima cop forcing K-9 dog to bite pinned-down suspect

by Victor Park | KIMA-TV NewsThursday, July 9th 2020




https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/fl ... li=BBnbcA1


Florida cop lied about work hours, stole $15,000 from department, officials say



https://www.ktvu.com/news/deadly-shooti ... -questions


Deadly shootings from inside cop cars raising questions
By Henry Lee




https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2 ... suspended/


Cop suspended over ‘All Lives Splatter’ meme posted after Seattle protester killed by driver




https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/ ... 404859002/


Protesters in Detroit create 'cop-free' zone near Belle Isle




https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny ... story.html


NYPD faces wave of officer retirements amid calls to defund police department

By ROCCO PARASCANDOLA

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
JUL 09, 2020 AT 1:38 PM





https://www.newsweek.com/new-jersey-cop ... ly-1516670

New Jersey Cop Allegedly Barged Into Councilman's Home, Pepper-Sprayed Entire Family
BY JOCELYN GRZESZCZAK ON 7/9/20 AT 12:05 PM EDT





https://www.complex.com/life/2020/07/fo ... g-cop-cars


Ford Employees Have Asked the Company to Stop Making Cop Cars






https://www.floridabulldog.org/2020/07/ ... -pre-9-11/


9/11, A1 TOP STORY
JULY 8, 2020
AUTHOR: DAN CHRISTENSEN


FBI agent sought CIA help to investigate Sarasota Saudis who fled U.S. before 9/11





https://lincolncityhomepage.com/oregon- ... en-series/


Oregon FBI goes virtual with ‘Teen Series’

By
Justin Werner
July 9, 2020



https://www.ocregister.com/2020/07/07/j ... s-ongoing/


Justice Department says investigation of FBI’s handling of Larry Nassar case remains ongoing
Office of the Inspector General investigation began 22 months ago




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Cost of Columbus police misconduct investigations revealed




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Paradyme Management Taps FBI Veteran Tim Groh as VP of Strategic Programs.




https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/20 ... t-lock-it/

FBI shut down Flynn probe but didn't lock it up





https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/ ... story.html


Retired Army general admits to molesting daughter when she was young

By JAMI GANZ

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
JUL 09, 2020 AT 5:35 PM





https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny ... story.html



Jilted NYPD officer busted for terrifying Fourth of July rampage outside ex-girlfriend’s Queens home

By CATARINA LAMELAS MOURA and JOHN ANNESE

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
JUL 10, 2020 AT 12:04 PM




https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus ... story.html

Judge overseeing NYPD’s stop and frisk reforms will not tackle racism in COVID-19 enforcement

By STEPHEN REX BROWN

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
JUL 10, 2020 AT 10:50 AM




https://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny-bla ... llery.html


Black Lives Matter art and murals around the world




https://www.ticklethewire.com/2020/07/1 ... ronavirus/


More Than 1,000 TSA Employees Infected with Coronavirus





https://www.realclearinvestigations.com ... 4759098dfb

FBI Man at the Heart of Surveillance Abuses Is a Professor of Spying Ethics
By Paul Sperry, RealClearInvestigations
July 10, 2020



https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/07/10/ ... ntentQuery


Most State Police troopers implicated in overtime fraud scandal will keep their jobs

By Matt Rocheleau Globe Staff,Updated July 10, 2020, 11:15 a.m.





https://bangordailynews.com/2020/07/11/ ... idiculous/

Recording of 837 attorney-client phone calls in 4 county jails ‘borders on the ridiculous’

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https://www.baystatebanner.com/2020/07/ ... on-police/


NEWS
July 15th, 2020

A short court visit can net cops an overtime windfall
Cops insist on hand-delivering electronic evidence

Catherine McGloin




https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/n ... 442864002/


Edison cops want jobs back after charges dismissed in no-show case
Nick Muscavage
Bridgewater Courier News




https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/z3eq ... nude-beach


Cops Are Using Drones to Make Sure People Aren't Nude

The incident comes as the city voted this week to repeal an ordinance banning toplessness in parks.



https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny ... story.html


NYPD subpoenas phone records of NYC reporter to find department leaks: attorney
By THOMAS TRACY

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
JUL 17, 2020 AT 3:17 PM




https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/07/17/ ... form-bill/


Transparency key to a better police reform bill
Police personnel records and citizen complaints should be made public.
By The Editorial BoardUpdated July 17, 2020, 11:24 a.m.




https://freepressonline.com/Content/Hom ... /720/69791

In the age of COVID-19 —
The Accuracy Problem with Testing Tourists
But Dr. Shah calls the tests ‘incredibly accurate’
by Lance Tapley
Tuesday, July 7, 2020 9:24 AM



https://www.startribune.com/staggering- ... 571809512/


'Staggering' number of Minneapolis cops seeking disability benefits
The total now is closer to 200, out of a sworn force of about 850 and amid a wave of violent crime in the city. 
By Jennifer Bjorhus and Liz Navratil Star Tribune JULY 17, 2020 — 9:43PM




https://abcnews.go.com/US/washington-co ... d=71854138


Washington cop was accidentally shot, killed by training officer during traffic stop




https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden- ... -than-pigs


Biden campaign staffer mocked cops as worse than 'pigs,' called for defunding police





https://www.metrotimes.com/news-hits/ar ... y-in-court



These 35 cops in Wayne County have been deemed untrustworthy to testify in court
Posted By Steve Neavling on Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 2:49 pm




https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fired-cop- ... atino-man/


Fired cop charged with murder for using chokehold on Latino man


JULY 17, 2020 / 5:37 AM / CBS/AP




https://www.inquirer.com/news/police-of ... 00717.html

In the Philly region, fired cops have shuffled to new departments. New laws aim to change that.
by Vinny Vella, Posted: July 18, 2020- 5:06 AM



https://wakeweekly.com/stories/civil-fo ... ers,212548

Civil forfeiture: When cops act like robbers
By Corey Friedman
Posted 7/18/20
Without accusing him of a crime, police took Robert Reeves’ car, his two cellphones and all the cash in his wallet.





https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/07/17 ... omplaints/


CPD Discipline Process Under Microscope As Chicago Cops Face Misconduct Complaints
By Brad Edwards
July 17, 2020 at 10:40 pm
Filed Under:Brad Edwards, Capt. Joseph Brennan, Chicago Police, Civilian Office of Police Accounta





https://www.pix11.com/news/local-news/p ... meless-man


Pressure mounts to discipline cops who beat up and maced homeless man






https://www.cleveland.com/court-justice ... rrest.html

Garfield Heights cops countersue man they tased, punched and kicked during controversial arrest
Updated Jul 15, 2020; Posted Jul 15, 2020





https://www.deccanherald.com/national/n ... 62748.html


Four cops suspended, three arrested for 'encouraging' mother-daughter self-immolation Sanjay Pandey, DHNS, Lucknow, JUL 18 2020, 16:52 ISTUPDATED: JUL 18 20

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Trump Sent Cops to Portland and They're ‘Kidnapping People off the Streets’

Camouflaged federal officers have been patrolling the streets, pulling protesters into unmarked cars and arresting them.



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'Karen and Ken' Call Cops on Asian American Doctor for Visiting His Parents




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Why Mainstream Unions Shouldn’t Represent the Cops
Bargaining for the police and for African Americans is an exercise in self-negation.
BY HAROLD MEYERSON JULY 15, 2020




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Leader of radical black-only militia NFAC ‘believes in violence’ & wants a real-life Wakanda for every black person in America
18 Jul, 2020 11:56 /






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'The virus doesn't care about excuses': US faces terrifying autumn as Covid-19 surges






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Breonna Taylor was still alive after police shooting but did not get medical care, boyfriend says
By JESSICA SCHLADEBECK

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
JUL 18, 2020 AT 9:27 AM



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Washington cop accidentally shot and killed during violent traffic stop by officer training him
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NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
JUL 18, 2020 AT 11:20 AM




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The FBI Is Secretly Using A $2 Billion Travel Company As A Global Surveillance Tool

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Rancher Ammon Bundy makes a compelling case for Patriots to support DEFUNDING the Police



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Democrats - wanting to have their cake, and eat it, too - as always.

https://www.theblaze.com/news/minneapol ... ing%20News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
After vowing to abolish police, Minneapolis City Council demands to know 'Where are the police?' as violence plagues the city

What the anti-cop movement brings

After the tragic death of George Floyd rocked the nation, the Minneapolis City Council — which is composed of nearly all Democrats — took the lead in the anti-police movement, voting to defund the city's police department. The council sought to replace traditional law enforcement with newer community-based, alternative forms of policing.

But as violent crime has plagued the city for months, the city council is now asking: "Where are the police?"

As TheBlaze reported, the Minneapolis City Council passed a resolution in June to replace the city's police department with an alternative "community safety" model.

The development came days after the council promised anti-police residents that they would completely dismantle the city's policing system.

During a two-hour meeting with Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo this week, the Democratic city council, in brazen fashion, demanded to know why city police are not responding to the violence with enhanced law enforcement measures. :lol:

From Minnesota Public Radio:

The number of reported violent crimes, like assaults, robberies and homicides are up compared to 2019, according to MPD crime data. More people have been killed in the city in the first nine months of 2020 than were slain in all of last year. Property crimes, like burglaries and auto thefts, are also up. Incidents of arson have increased 55 percent over the total at this point in 2019.

"Residents are asking, 'Where are the police?'" Councilman Jamal Osman said, MPR reported. "That is the only public safety option they have at the moment. MPD. They rely on MPD. And they are saying they are nowhere to be seen."

Council President Lisa Bender, one of the loudest anti-police voices just months ago, claimed police are being "defiant," according to MPR.

"This is not new," she claimed.

Meanwhile, Phillipe Cunningham chided his colleagues for looking to the police for solutions when they called for the department's abolition just a few months ago.

"What I am sort of flabbergasted by right now is colleagues, who a very short time ago were calling for abolition, are now suggesting we should be putting more resources and funding into MPD," Cunningham said.

Arradondo told the council that he actually has taken measures to combat the spike in crime.

Arradondo explained that more officers have been added to patrols, additional resources have been allocated for investigative duties, and he has reiterated the seriousness of the crime issue with top department brass.

However, the department is also hemorrhaging personnel, Arradondo explained. In fact, more than 100 officers have left the department this year alone, more than double the usual number. With fewer officers, law enforcement becomes much more difficult.

As TheBlaze reported, momentum driving the push to disband the Minneapolis police department has dissipated because, as the Minneapolis City Council has learned, highly emotional rhetoric does not translate into functional policy.

"I think when you take a statement and then move into policy work, it gets more complicated," Bender told the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.

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https://www.nydailynews.com/news/nation ... story.html


SEE IT: Kansas City police violently arrest pregnant Black woman, defend their actions
By JOSEPH WILKINSON

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
OCT 03, 2020 AT 8:11 AM



https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/ ... story.html


Another three Los Angeles police officers charged for wrongly identifying people as gang members
By JESSICA SCHLADEBECK

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
OCT 03, 2020 AT 9:54 AM



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Jeffrey Epstein WAS a member at Mar-a-Lago despite White House denial


Aug 4, 2020 · A new book called The Grifter's Club: Trump, Mar-a-Lago and the Selling of the Presidency, opens the lid on Donald Trump's exclusive Palm Beach, Florida, resort where the authors claim those ...




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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJc4JNpJUio




https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/ ... g-protests


Chilean police throw boy, 16, off bridge during protests
Apparent serious assault is latest in series of alleged human rights abuses by Carabineros


https://www.motherjones.com/politics/20 ... omination/

More Than 1,500 Alums From Barrett’s College “Firmly and Passionately” Oppose Her SCOTUS Nomination
They say she falls short when it comes to truth, loyalty, and service.




https://www.motherjones.com/politics/20 ... ah-scroll/


OCTOBER 2, 2020
Watch a Fake Rabbi Wrap Trump’s Spiritual Adviser In a Torah Scroll
“On the face of it, it’s mishandling a sacred object.”





https://www.motherjones.com/politics/20 ... ers-qanon/


QAnon Is Attracting Cops
Armed, empowered—and enthralled with a deadly conspiracy.



https://www.vice.com/en/article/ep4yak/ ... n-portland

The Casual Brutality of Protesting in Portland

On one night, 24 protesters were arrested and several were maced. It barely made the news.




https://bangordailynews.com/2020/10/02/ ... ettlement/

Maine forced to expand chronic hepatitis C treatment for prisoners after lawsuit settlement




https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/whi ... d-73388290

White cop not charged in Chicago-area killing of Black guard
Prosecutors say a white police officer who fatally shot a Black security guard outside a suburban Chicago bar in 2018 won't face criminal charges


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Soldier seeking job as Abington cop accused of sexual misconduct by 20 women



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Several fired Tucson cops back on the job thanks to a civilian review board

Caitlin Schmidt Oct 3, 2020 Updated 54 min ago




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VERSACE FOOTWEAR VP
ACCUSES BEV HILLS COPS OF PROFILING
For Shopping While Black

* 10/2/2020 3:30 PM PT




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Cops Hold Man's Head Up For Mugshot After They Allegedly Broke His Neck
News
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10/2/2020 10:33 AM PT


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Portland cop drives motorcycle into protester blocking path

- Saturday, October 3, 2020





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Harrison Cop Charged With Assaulting Wife, Endangering Child

Debra Quintana
October 2, 2020


https://www.thedailybeast.com/fort-wort ... -in-casket

Fort Worth Cop Fired for Posting Racist Photo Mocking Black Man in Casket


https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/bre ... story.html

Chicago judge accused of trying to kiss cop, propositioning court reporter in elevator, making sexually suggestive comments to assistant state’s attorney resigns


https://www.thedailybeast.com/mexican-m ... -in-iguala

Mexican Military and Federal Investigators Accused of Covering Up Lost Student
Massacre



https://www.businessinsider.in/internat ... 466973.cms

US contractors are dropping heaps of taxpayer-funded border wall in Mexico where it's being sold as scrap metal
HAVEN ORECCHIO-EGRESITZOCT 3, 2020, 21:53 IST

President Donald Trump waves as he tours a section of new US-Mexico border wall built in San Luis, Arizona, June 23, 2020
Contractors based in the United States are replacing old barriers along the Arizona-Mexico border.




https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/ar ... ar/616473/


A Pro-Trump Militant Group Has Recruited Thousands of Police, Soldiers, and Veterans
An Atlantic investigation reveals who they are and what they might do on Election Day.





https://anthraxvaccine.blogspot.com/202 ... covid.html

Saturday, October 3, 2020
Useless FDA and CDC admit Covid antibody tests are worthless. Why have they approved them? Why are we paying for them?

I have been meaning to update the information on Covid-19 testing, since it has been such a confusing subject. This post will only cover antibody (aka serology) tests.  And most of the post will be direct quotes from the FDA and CDC websites, because you would probably not believe me if I simply paraphrased the information.  So here is my synthesis, followed by direct quotes from the agencies.

Boiled down, what FDA and CDC say is: 
1.   The presence of antibodies does not mean you have had Covid.  
2.   The test might be positive due to a cross reaction with antibodies from a cold you had.  
3.   Even if you have antibodies and did have Covid, they don't tell us whether or not you are immune.
4.   Even if you are immune today, you may not be immune tomorrow--who knows?
5.   You may have had Covid and have no antibodies
6.   Antibody tests are meaningless for individuals, but might give us useful information at the population level.
7.   Regardless of the result, you still need to wear masks and socially distance.
8.   In a population where less than 5% have had Covid, over 50% of positive results will be false positives.

Yet CDC admits that reinfection is rare.  There are only 3 documented cases of reinfection in the US, so there must be good immunity after infection for most people.  

Bottom line:  why are we doing these tests?  Why hasn't FDA rescinded its emergency approval, since in the majority of the US, most positive results are false positives? And why don't we have better tests? T-cell immunity is probably more accurate, but there are no commercially available T-cell tests for the public. Why are we still measuring antibodies that cross-react with those for the common cold?  Is this another way the federal government is keeping us confused and locked down?

Here are the direct quotes:

FDA:  
"...COVID-19 antibody tests can help identify people who may have been infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus or have recovered from the COVID-19 infection." 

At this time, researchers do not know whether the presence of antibodies means that you are immune to the coronavirus in the future; or if you are immune, how long it will last."

CDC:  
"...additional data are needed before modifying public health recommendations based on serologic [antibody] test results, including decisions on discontinuing physical distancing and using personal protective equipment. 

...Although serologic tests should not be used at this time to determine if an individual is immune, these tests can help determine the proportion of a population previously infected with SARS-CoV-2

...Recurrence of COVID-19 illness appears to be very uncommon

...However, it remains uncertain to what degree and for how long individuals with antibodies (neutralizing or total) are protected against reinfection with SARS-CoV-2 

...FDA now requires commercially marketed serologic tests to receive Emergency Use Authorization (EUA)external icon
...in a population where the prevalence is 5%, a test with 90% sensitivity and 95% specificity will yield a positive predictive value of 49%. In other words, less than half of those testing positive will truly have antibodies. 

...pending additional data, the presence of antibodies cannot be equated with an individual’s immunity from SARS-CoV-2 infection.

...Some tests may exhibit cross-reactivity with other coronaviruses, such as those that cause the common cold. This could result in false-positive test results. Some persons may not develop detectable antibodies after coronavirus infection.

...Serologic testing by itself should not be used to establish the presence or absence of SARS-CoV-2 infection or reinfection."



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https://www.thedailybeast.com/camillo-m ... d-portland

This Radicalized Son of a Cop Is a Routine Target for Police Brutality




https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny ... story.html

Off-duty NYPD cop charged with DWI after crashing sports car in Brooklyn a decade after similar arrest
By WES PARNELL

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
OCT 04, 2020 AT 1:27 PM



https://www.krqe.com/news/new-mexico/la ... or-murder/


Las Cruces cop to stand trial for murder




https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/c ... 5isQK.html

Cop from Maharashtra faces inquiry for asking ‘objectionable questions’ to mother of suicide victim

Oct 05, 2020 00:08 IST



https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news ... alty-62241

Catholic Church total opposition to death penalty & Pope includes life sentences
Does 'Fratelli tutti' change Church teaching on the death penalty?




https://www.thedailybeast.com/shaun-luc ... than-price

White Texas Cop Charged With Murder After Shooting Black Man Who Was Walking Away

Texas cop charged with murder in connection to Jonathan Price shooting: reports
Jonathan Price’s relatives described him as a model citizen



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OCTOBER 5, 2020
DA: Lowell hospital worker, Tyngsborough cop conspired on illegal drug prescriptions

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https://nypost.com/2020/12/02/phoenix-c ... n-on-duty/

Phoenix cop accused of sexually assaulting 3 women while on duty
By Joshua Rhett Miller
December 2, 2020 | 1:02pm



https://herald-review.com/news/state-an ... 1e20a.html

Officer accused of sexual assaults prior to becoming cop
* Dec 2, 2020 Updated 20 hrs ago 0




https://www.radio.com/wwl/news/local/fo ... child-porn


Port Fourchon cop and a convicted sex offender arrested for child porn



http://indepthnh.org/2020/12/03/judge-o ... anaan-cop/

Judge Orders Release of Report on Alleged Assault By Canaan Cop



https://samuelwalker.net/2014/09/drivin ... -continue/

“Driving While Female” Abuses Continue
* In the Media posted by Samuel Walker
The recent arrest of an Oklahoma City police officer for sexually assaulting seven women while on duty between February and June of 2014 dramatized the continuing problem on-duty sexual abuses by police officers. Read the story here: DWF2014  The problem was highlighted in 2002 by Sam Walker and Dawn Irlbeck’s report Driving While Female. Read the report here:   Partly in response to the report, but also because of growing concern about the issues, The International Association of Chiefs of Police in 2011 issued a Task Force report on Addressing Sexual Offenses and Misconduct by Law Enforcement. Read the IACP report here: IACPAddressingSexualOffenses




https://patch.com/new-jersey/asbury-par ... death-wife

Files Released In Cop's Asbury Park Shooting Death Of Wife
Files connected to an officer who killed his wife in Asbury Park in 2015 were released, showing that the ex-cop has troubles for decades.
By Tom Davis, Patch Staff



https://nypost.com/2020/12/03/cop-blog- ... cist-user/

EXCLUSIVE

Infamous cop blog shut down after NYPD officer ID’d as racist user
By Craig McCarthy
December 3, 2020


https://www.vice.com/en/article/epdpv4/ ... r-for-help


LA Sheriff's Deputies Tased a Black Man Flagging Down a Cop Car for Help

Another man was also wrestled to the ground and arrested during the incident.


https://www.nydailynews.com/news/nation ... story.html

‘Supreme commander’ of so-called Black militia accused of pointing rifle at cops during Louisville protest
By NELSON OLIVEIRA

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
DEC 03, 2020 AT 5:10 PM


https://www.theguardian.com/environment ... es-die-off

Pollution from car tires is killing off salmon on US west coast, study finds
Mass die-offs of coho salmon just before they are about to spawn have been traced to tire fragments washed into streams by rain

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/ ... tic-refuge

Trump kick-starts oil drilling licence sales in Arctic refuge
Fossil fuel extraction sell-off in pristine Alaskan wilderness set for 6 December, predating Biden inauguration by days




https://www.theguardian.com/media/video ... ject-video

'Killing the journalist won’t kill the story': reporters launch Mexico cartels project – video



https://nypost.com/2020/12/03/florida-c ... -violence/


NEWS

Florida cop charged with beating inmate to death had history of violence
By Jorge Fitz-Gibbon
December 3, 2020 |


https://newsadvance.com/news/local/crim ... 26996.html

Bedford cop sentenced to 20 years in Lynchburg child porn case


https://newsadvance.com/news/local/crim ... ted-bottom

Former prosecutor charged federally with defrauding older client




https://samuelwalker.net/wp-content/upl ... eforms.pdf

INSTITUTIONALIZING POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY REFORMS: THE PROBLEM OF MAKING POLICE REFORMS ENDURE
SAMUEL WALKER*




https://www.americanswhotellthetruth.or ... nk-serpico


Robert Shetterly/Americans Who Tell The Truth
Frank Serpico
Retired Police Detective, Author, Lecturer : b. 1936
“A policeman’s first obligation is to be responsible to the needs of the community he serves…The problem is that the atmosphere does not yet exist in which an honest police officer can act without fear of ridicule or reprisal from fellow officers. We create an atmosphere in which the honest officer fears the dishonest officer, and not the other way around.

* 1971: Became the first New York City policeman in history to testify about widespread corruption in the department. 
* 1972: Received the NYPD's higest award, The Medal of Honor.
* After being shot and testifying about corruption in the NYPD, Serpico lived in Europe for nearly a decade. 
* Al Pacino played Serpico in the 1973 movie about his life. 

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https://www.idahostatejournal.com/freea ... f71e5.html

FBI official allowed to retire will serve time for receiving bribes, tax fraud
* By Journal Staff Apr 7, 2021



https://www.latimes.com/california/stor ... s-lawsuits

After FBI seizure of 100 safe deposit boxes in Beverly Hills, legal challenges mount


https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justi ... n-problem/

The FBI’s Racial Discrimination Problem…
* BRUCE FALCONER

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct- ... story.html

FBI AGENT: SETTLEMENT A `TOTAL VICTORY`
Wes Smith
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
A black FBI agent who alleged that he was racially harassed by white agents in Chicago will be paid an annual salary of more than $60,000 until retirement age even though he has agreed to resign soon.


https://www.fox61.com/article/news/crim ... 71838a89ff


New Haven FBI teaming up with CT to stop hate crimes
Soon the FBI will release public service announcements in English, Mandarin Chinese, and Cambodian.

https://www.aclu.org/news/national-secu ... -in-court/

A Chinese American Scientist and His Family Are Battling the FBI’s Profiling in Court
We must secure justice for Professor Xi and other scientists who have long been harmed by the FBI’s discriminatory profiling and surveillance.

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm ... story.html

Black FBI agent Donald Rochon Is Now Point Man in the Battle Over Bias in the FBI ... Donald Rochon took a ...




https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/129 ... to_My_Soul

Eyes to My Soul: The Rise or Decline of a Black FBI Agent


https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/southeas ... d2da1.html

Warminster cop facing child sex charges, Bucks DA says

69 News, Holly Harrar Apr 7, 2021 G

https://crosscut.com/news/2021/04/getti ... y-problems

Getting the story: How we investigated cops' credibility problems
Nine months of reporting and more than 100 records requests formed the basis of our look at police officers placed on so-called ‘Brady’ lists.
by Melissa Santos / April 8, 2021



https://www.nydailynews.com/news/nation ... story.html

Black N.C. man’s wrongful imprisonment award capped at $750,000, covering only 15 of 44 years in prison
By NANCY DILLON

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
APR 08, 2021 AT 4:20 PM


https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/ ... al-heating

Third of Antarctic ice shelves ‘will collapse amid 4C global heating’
‘Unimaginable amounts’ of water will flow into oceans if that temperature rise occurs and ice buffers vanish, warn UK scientists

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... nald-trump

Sheriff Joe Arpaio: inside the fallout of Trump’s pardon



https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... s-arrested

Breonna Taylor died more than a year ago. But US policing has barely changed
Akin Olla


Thousands of protesters were arrested last year. Some face harsher punishments than the officers who killed Taylor


https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesig ... exhibition


They were survivors’: the Jewish cartoonists who fled the Nazis
A new exhibition celebrates the work of three Austrian artists who escaped their country as Nazis took over and created daring work in the years after



https://www.theguardian.com/news/galler ... est-photos

Photos

https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny ... story.html

‘Karma is a b---h’: Brooklyn man locked up by narcotics cop accused of perjury hopes the officer goes to jail
By NOAH GOLDBERG

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
APR 08, 2021 AT 6:51 PM



https://nypost.com/2021/04/08/jersey-sh ... -juvenile/

Jersey Shore cop arrested for sexually abusing juvenile
By Jesse O’Neill
April 8, 2021 | 9:32pm | U


https://www.thenation.com/article/socie ... eme-court/

How the Supreme Court Gave Cops a License to Kill
Derek Chauvin’s defense team is hoping that the 1989 Graham v. Connor ruling will be his ticket to acquittal.
By Elie Mystal


https://theintercept.com/2021/04/08/geo ... olice-pac/


PRO-COP PAC TRIED TO FUNDRAISE BY BLAMING GEORGE FLOYD FOR HIS OWN DEATH
After local news coverage, the Protect Our Police PAC quickly condemned its own email and distanced itself from Derek Chauvin.
Akela Lacy
April 8 2021, 7:00 a.m.



https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/bethle ... phone.html

Bethlehem man working as a cop allegedly looked through woman’s phone


https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/elm ... ing-police

Elmhurst Bar Blocks Cop From Entering: Police


https://sauconsource.com/2021/04/08/low ... -incident/

Lower Saucon Cop Charged With Assault in Alleged Off-Duty Incident


https://patch.com/new-jersey/bridgewate ... r-homicide


Cop Indicted On Vehicular Homicide
Kevin D. Betyeman, 56, is now facing criminal charges in connection with fatally hitting a runner in Raritan while intoxicated.



https://www.newhavenindependent.org/ind ... y/gamarra/

IA File Details Cop’s Rapes Of Sex Workers
by THOMAS BREEN | Apr 8, 2021 6:05 pm
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Posted to: Legal Writes, Fair Haven

After lying repeatedly to city investigators, former city cop Gary Gamarra admitted to having sex with two different Fair Haven sex workers on two separate occasions — encounters the women said he forced them into.

https://www.app.com/story/news/investig ... 139285002/

Neptune wins appeal on killer cop IA lawsuit, which could head to state Supreme Court
Andrew Ford
Asbury Park Press


https://www.kxly.com/nearly-200-cops-wi ... ton-state/

Nearly 200 cops with credibility issues still working in Washington state
Posted: April 8, 2021 7:42 AM



https://pamplinmedia.com/pt/9-news/5041 ... osession=1

Lawsuit threatened over Forest Grove off-duty cop's intrusion


Nick Budnick

April 07 2021

Woman flying BLM flag, charged at by 'violent' officer, suspects her politics led cops to mishandle case.

A woman who was confronted on her property by an apparently intoxicated and belligerent off-duty Forest Grove police officer on Halloween, has submitted a letter warning the city of Forest Grove


https://www.timesnownews.com/mumbai/art ... ath/742664


Maharashtra ATS suspects Pradeep Sharma's role; former cop had met Sachin Waze before Mansukh Hiran's death
Mumbai


https://www.wbaltv.com/article/ethan-gl ... e/36065948#

Feds: Indicted BPD officer stole $10K, lied to FBI investigators


https://www.oregonlive.com/nation/2021/ ... -says.html


FBI enlisted Proud Boys leader to inform on antifa, lawyer says


https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/02/politics ... index.html

Is FBI using Hunter Biden laptop to blackmail President
Joe Biden?

Hunter Biden dodges questions on laptop seized by FBI



https://theintercept.com/2021/04/08/how ... -vaccines/

HOWARD DEAN PUSHES BIDEN TO OPPOSE GENERIC COVID-19 VACCINES FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
The former progressive champion, who now works on behalf of corporate interests, joins the drug industry in arguing against sharing the intellectual property for low-cost vaccines.
Lee Fang
April 8 2021, 6:00 a.m.


https://theintercept.com/2021/04/07/nyp ... -protests/

NYPD “GOON SQUAD” MANUAL TEACHES OFFICERS TO VIOLATE PROTESTERS’ RIGHTS
Exclusive: Internal NYPD documents shed new light on the Strategic Response Group, or SRG, the heavily militarized police unit behind the crackdown on George Floyd protesters.
John Bolger, Alice Speri


https://theintercept.com/2021/04/07/che ... n-boycott/

LAW STUDENTS DENOUNCE CHEVRON’S LAW FIRM OVER STEVEN DONZIGER CASE
Gibson Dunn’s extreme tactics against environmental attorney Steven Donziger spark a backlash.
Sharon Lerner
April 7 2021, 8:00 a.m.


https://www.motherjones.com/politics/20 ... francisco/

Trump Put a Right-Wing Radio Host in Charge of a National Park. Emails Show the Chaos That Ensued.
Michael Savage used his position at San Francisco’s Presidio to stir up a controversy over Japanese American internment.
DAVE GILSON


https://www.motherjones.com/environment ... -industry/

JPMorgan Secretly Emailed the Trump Administration About Bailing Out the Oil Industry
The bank has promised big action on climate—but it still wants to finance fossil fuels.



https://www.motherjones.com/politics/20 ... topantifa/

Exclusive Video: Watch Roger Stone’s Oath Keeper Bodyguards Practice Headshots to “#Stopantifa”
Prosecutors are scrutinizing training that the Capitol attackers performed at Florida shooting ranges.

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https://www.nydailynews.com/news/nation ... story.html

Woman accepts $100 from police chief so he could rape her teen relative: feds
By NELSON OLIVEIRA

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
SEP 17, 2021 AT 12:06 PM


https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/09/17/ ... ssar-case/

Olympians, senators call for prosecution of former FBI agents for lying about the Larry Nassar case
FBI director Christopher Wray was grilled by senators on the bureau’s role in covering up Nassar’s sexual abuse of hundreds ...

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/an ... ar-AAOy0DJ

Angelina Jolie 'honored' to meet US gymnasts who testified in DC about FBI's mishandling of sexual abuse case

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics ... li=BBnbcA1

Katie Halper: FBI's treatment of Nassar victims 'disturbing' but 'shouldn't be surprising'


https://www.nydailynews.com/news/nation ... story.html

Florida deputy asked inmate to say ‘I can’t breathe,’ telling him he looked like George Floyd: report
By NELSON OLIVEIRA

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
SEP 16, 2021 AT 5:03 PM


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFPCS8X1zCY

Liechtensteinklamm Austria



https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-ju ... on-purpose

Did the FBI ignore crimes against young Olympic gymnasts on purpose?
BY KEVIN R. BROCK, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 09/17/21 11:00 AM EDT
462
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politi ... story.html

N.Y. Gov. Hochul orders release of 191 Rikers Island inmates amid ‘hell on earth’ conditions at jail
By CHRIS SOMMERFELDT

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
SEP 17, 2021 AT 11:47 AM

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/nation ... story.html

Four Los Angeles cops accused of falsifying gang ties
By KATE FELDMAN

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
SEP 16, 2021 AT 4:50 PM


https://www.pogo.org/analysis/2021/09/s ... nt-secret/

State Secrets that Aren’t Secret
BY KATHERINE HAWKINS | FILED UNDER ANALYSIS | SEPTEMBER


https://www.pogo.org/database/foreign-influence/

Foreign Influence Database


https://www.pogo.org/database/federal-c ... base-fcmd/

Federal Contractor Misconduct Database


https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/20 ... ion-recor/

Cato Institute demands domestic investigation records in lawsuit against FBI, DOJ
Libertarian group aims to track rogue probes by federal investigators

https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021 ... d9d02b6b63

The Big Spy in Your Little Phone
Without a ban on Pegasus and spyware like it, human rights defenders, journalists, and others will continue to be targeted, spied on, beaten, arrested, and killed.

AMY GOODMAN,  DENIS MOYNIHAN
September 16, 2021 by Democracy Now!


https://media.washtimes.com/media/misc/ ... idents.pdf


CATO INSTITUTE, ) 1000 Massachusetts Ave. NW ) Washington, D.C. 20001
)Plaintiff, v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, )
935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20535
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE,
950 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington, D.C. 20530
Defendants.


https://www.themarshallproject.org/2016 ... d9d02b6b63

Revisiting the Attica Riot in Real-Time 50 Years Later
The infamous 1971 prison revolt ended with a bloody police siege. We retell the story, minute-by-minute


https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archi ... 87-a6ea-e2

Occupy Wall Street Did More Than You Think
The movement itself has mostly disappeared. But 10 years later, its legacy is everywhere.
By Michael Levitin



https://anthraxvaccine.blogspot.com/202 ... -dumb.html

Friday, September 17, 2021
Fauci tells a lie and gives us a dumb comment besides.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2 ... mendation/
Fauci said some scientists seem to believe “it is okay” for vaccinated people to get infected as long as they experience only mild or moderate symptoms and don’t end up in the hospital. But he said, “As a clinical person who sees a lot of patients, that isn’t okay,” adding that even mild infections can result in missed work, disruptions

https://anthraxvaccine.blogspot.com/202 ... posts.html

Some recent safety posts

I have been asked twice to identify past posts on vaccine safety.  You may have noticed there is not a huge amount, because most of the data are simply too good to be believed.  While I have done some writing about this, my best writing is in drafts for a legal case, and I cannot post it until that has been filed.
Here is the first post, which lists considerable evidence that the spike protein itself is highly toxic.  
https://anthraxvaccine.blogspot.com/202 ... -ways.html
Here is the latest post:
Teens 50X More Likely to Have Heart Disease after COVID Shots than All Other FDA Approved Vaccines in 2021 Combined – CDC Admits True but Still Recommends It/ Global Research
Here is the CDC's over data on myocarditis, which should scare everyone
https://anthraxvaccine.blogspot.com/202 ... ne-23.html
This is a Telegraph article explaining how the UK's major vaccine expert group found that mayocarditis was too frequent to recommend vaccinating the 12-15 age group.
https://anthraxvaccine.blogspot.com/202 ... epeat.html



https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids ... t-fbi.html

Embattled investigator in Gov. Whitmer kidnap case out at FBI
MLive.com GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Richard Trask II, once the lead investigator in the alleged plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ...


https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opin ... y-failures

When will the FBI answer for its many failures?
by Kaylee McGhee White, Commentary Writer |  | September 16, 2021 12:16 PM



https://www.rollcall.com/2021/09/15/gym ... rosecuted/

Gymnasts leave senators asking why FBI agents aren’t being ...
https://www.rollcall.com/2021/09/15/gym ... dering-why...

 · (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) By Niels Lesniewski. Posted September 15, 2021 at 5:16pm. The congressional testimony of four Team USA gymnasts left everyone watching


https://thehill.com/changing-america/re ... lack-lives

Police officer reported his own department to Black Lives Matter
Officers complain of alleged racism in Millersville, Tenn.
By
Christian Spencer | Sept. 17, 2021

https://www.businessinsider.com/declass ... ers-2021-9


20 YEARS LATER

Declassified FBI Report Reveals Saudi Ties to 9/11 Hijackers
.
For years, the government claimed that Omar al-Bayoumi met two of the 9/11 hijackers by chance. A newly declassified report suggests...


https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... -documents

FBI director faces new scrutiny over investigation of Brett Kavanaugh
Claim that FBI lacked authority to conduct further investigation into Kavanaugh may be inaccurate


https://www.nj.com/hudson/2021/09/jerse ... rison.html

Jersey City cop pleads guilty to charge of attempted sex with minors, faces 8 years in prison

https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicksibill ... bccb7027c0

Court Rejects Qualified Immunity For Cop Who Arrested Gun Owner Carrying Valid Permit


https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/20 ... ce-locker/

Trial set for cop accused of stealing cocaine from evidence locker
By JOHN BURNETT Hawaii Tribune-Herald | Friday, September 17, 2021, 12:05 a.m.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/former-or ... affic-stop

Florida Cop From Hell Charged Over Nightmare Anal Probe
FALL FROM GRACE
Andrew Boryga
Justice Reporter
Updated Sep. 16, 2021 5:40PM ET / 
Published Sep. 16, 2021 1:11PM ET 



https://www.ajc.com/news/police-metro-a ... VUTVKRYCE/

Metro Atlanta cop running for office stole opponent’s campaign signs



https://bangordailynews.com/2021/09/17/ ... -violence/

Maine Governor Janet Mills hits another one out of the park by her
Commissioner of Corrections
Maine will again hire a national firm to investigate youth prison violence

by Callie Ferguson

http://www.cjcj.org/news/6007

Last One over the Wall: The Massachusetts Experiment in Closing Reform Schools

Last One over the Wall: The Massachusetts Experiment in Closing Reform Schools by Jerome G. Miller 

In Last One over the Wall: The Massachusetts Experiment in Closing Reform Schools, Jerome G. Miller writes an autobiographical account of his tenure as former head of the Massachusetts juvenile justice system during which he daringly closed reformatories and returned the juveniles to the community. Miller describes the criminality of institutions and offers insight into the political context of juvenile justice issues. Miller was the founder and president of the National Center on Institutions and Alternatives.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E6cD-VWhQY

My favorite Doctor

NIH, Wuhan were working on monkeypox May 31, 2022

https://www.alibris.com/search/books/is ... lsrc=aw.ds

The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro's Investigation Into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal
by Cheri Seymour

Probing one of most organized and complex criminal enterprises in the United States, this report exposes the dynamics of the Octopus, a globe-trotting undercover intelligence operative. Based on 18 years of investigative research, this account reveals high-level, covert government operations and the elaborate corporate structures and the theft of high-tech software (PROMIS) used as smoke-and-mirror... Read More



https://www.vox.com/xpress/2014/11/12/7 ... fbi-letter

Read the letter the FBI sent MLK to try to convince him to kill himself



https://www.wcbi.com/mississippi-teens- ... fbi-works/

Mississippi Teens get opportunity to see how the FBI works
June 1, 2022 Stephanie Poole


https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/fbi- ... ting-woman

FBI agent charged with abducting woman


https://books.google.com/books?id=SNJz0 ... bi&f=false


Threatening Anthropology: McCarthyism and the FBI’s Surveillance of Activist ...


https://www.insider.com/uvalde-school-d ... deo-2022-6

Uvalde school district called the cops on reporters trying to question the school's police chief: video

https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2022 ... y-charges/

Rockville cop pleads guilty to child pornography charges
Rick Massimo | [email protected]
June 1,2022


https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/buffa ... n-thursday

Copaganda

Buffalo Tim Hortons hosts Coffee with a Cop event on Thursday
By Kelly Khatib City of Buffalo
PUBLISHED 8:34 AM ET Jun. 02, 2022

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/lo ... s/3258246/

Philly Cop Found Guilty of Sexually Assaulting Witnesses
A 2019 grand jury report alleged Nordo "groomed" his male victims during ongoing investigations and engaged in conduct to make the men "more susceptible to his sexually assaultive and/ or coercive behavior"
By NBC10 Staff • Published June 1, 2022 • Updated on June 1, 2022 at 8:52 pm



https://www.tmz.com/2022/06/01/young-mo ... this-city/

Rapper Young Moose Speaks About $300K Settlement in Baltimore Crooked Cop Case... over a dirty cop who was caught planting crack on him back in 2012. ... city and several Baltimore cops ... most notably, Daniel H


https://larchmontchronicle.com/locals-e ... s/#respond

Copaganda

Locals enjoy coffee with a cop at Peet’s
Nona Sue Friedman | June 2, 2022


https://www.sltrib.com/news/2022/06/01/ ... -attorney/

Utah County Attorney calls for sheriff to resign, saying the top cop may have tried to implicate him in ‘ritualistic’ sex ring investigation
The Utah County Sheriff’s Office had announced it was investigating a “ritualistic child sexual abuse and child sex trafficking” case, but did not specifically name David Leavitt or anyone else.



https://www.nydailynews.com/news/nation ... story.html

NY Daily News
No charges for cop who fatally shot man sleeping in his carFormer Wauwatosa police officer Joseph Mensah will not be charged for the 2016 fatal shooting of 25-year-old Jay Anderson Jr.


https://patch.com/new-jersey/hillsborou ... crash-cops

Franklin Cop's Blood Alcohol Almost 3X The Limit In Fatal Crash: Cops
The officer has been suspended without pay after criminal charges were filed in a crash that killed a motorcyclist in Warren County.

Copaganda

https://kyma.com/news/top-stories/2022/ ... -cafecito/

Yuma Police host ‘Coffee with a Cop’ at Cafecito



https://www.nhregister.com/news/article ... 212964.php

Clergy, others rail against Hamden cop’s suspended sentence in shooting of unarmed woman

June 1, 2022
Updated: June 1, 2022 5:17 p.m.


LINKEDIN CENSORED: KICKED OFF FOR THREE WHISTLEBLOWER NEWSROOM SHOWS

Want to see what LinkedIn censorship looks like? I've been kicked off of their platform for three WHISTLEBLOWER NEWSROOM shows posted on my BitChute channel, thewhistleblowernewsroom: https://kbxtra.substack.com/p/this-is-w ... tter&sd=pf

Two of the shows were with/about lawyer Reiner Fuellmich and his attempts to hold those responsible for deaths related to covid and one was an interview with Dr. Syed Haider who heals both covid (with early treatment protocols) and covid vax injured patients.

We live in outrageous times.
Kindest regards to all of you,
Kristina

https://whowhatwhy.org/author/kelly-kow ... ia-ciocca/
The Pandora Papers: Will the US Stop Hiding the World’s Dirty Money?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLMSM6Zdcho

Daniel Hopsicker Gangster Planet, The Russian Mafia, Organized Crime

Mar 8, 2022


https://anthraxvaccine.blogspot.com/202 ... ed-to.html

Wednesday, June 1, 2022
West African Money pox is supposed to be what the current western Moneypox came from.

So much for the scary death rates. Ignore mortality rates of 1%, 10% and all the other numbers plucked from thin air.  From Stat:

Pressed yesterday, a WHO official said she didn’t think the outbreak outside Africa would lead to a pandemic, Reuters reported. "We don't know but we don't think so," Rosamund Lewis said. "At the moment, we are not concerned of a global pandemic." The WHO said that 23 countries have reported 257 confirmed cases and roughly 120 suspected cases — a rapid accumulation in an unprecedented outbreak first detected earlier this month. Monkeypox is considered endemic in roughly 12 countries in West and Central Africa.
Nigeria, population 206 million, has experienced a money pox outbreak since 2017.  Nigeria reported the first death this year from money pox yesterday, the Associated Press says.



Posted by Meryl Nass, M.D.

https://anthraxvaccine.blogspot.com/202 ... aling.html

CDC and NY Times stopped revealing the vaxxed vs. unvaxxed case and death comparisons 6 and 8 weeks ago, when the graphs began to show no benefit from vaccination/ NY Times



https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/05/31 ... xtinction/

MAY 31, 2022
Is Corporate Criminal Law Heading for Extinction?
BY RALPH NADER

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/ ... story.html

81-year-old Georgia deputy charged with rape while on duty


https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gaetz- ... c-law-firm

Fox News
Gaetz, Jordan demand answers from FBI on workspace at Democratic law firmRepublicans are asking the FBI to provide information on a "Secure Work Environment" it has apparently been operating within Perkins Coie's...


https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... -da-recall

Bid to recall San Francisco DA could be bellwether for progressive prosecutors



DEFENDING
RIGHTS & DISSENT

Thursday June 2
Congress Launches a New Bipartisan Effort to End the War in Yemen
Sara Sirota,The Intercept
Supreme Court Expands Government Secrecy Powers in Torture-Related Case
Robert Pallitto , Foreign Policy in Focus
Revisiting the trial of Julian Assange
Nils Melzer, Al Jazeera The Take Podcast
US Sending Ukraine Advanced Rocket Systems as Part of $700 Million Weapons Package
David DeCamp, Antiwar.com
Biden’s Executive Order On Police Reform Is Too Little, Too Late
Elie Mystal, The Natio

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